#E3AD22#E3AD22

#E3AD22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.152 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3AD22
RGB	rgb(227, 173, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 85%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 8.23, 71.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 71.52, 83.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0143 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.152 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9141, 46.3371, 7.9861)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3AD22 #2258E3

analogous

#E34C22 #E3AD22 #B9E322

triadic

#E3AD22 #22E3AD #AD22E3

tetradic

#E3AD22 #22E34C #2258E3 #E322B9

square

#E3AD22 #22E34C #2258E3 #E322B9

split-complementary

#E3AD22 #22B9E3 #4C22E3

monochromatic

#7B5D10 #B18616 #E3AD22 #EAC158 #F1D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E3AD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#E3AD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3AD22

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3AD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3AD22	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ad22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 173, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.152 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c56c',
    500: '#e3ad22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ad22;
$custom-light: #f1c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ad22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.212,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3AD22

secondary

#869EDB

accent

#6AF434

background

#FFFCF6

surface

#FFF8EC

border

#D7D1C7

text

#181208

muted

#86817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3AD22

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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