#E3AF40#E3AF40

#E3AF40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3AF40
RGB	rgb(227, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 8.25, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 62.00, 82.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% 0.0174 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.138 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9369, 47.3644, 11.4669)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3AF40 #4074E3

analogous

#E35E40 #E3AF40 #C5E340

triadic

#E3AF40 #40E3AF #AF40E3

tetradic

#E3AF40 #40E35E #4074E3 #E340C5

square

#E3AF40 #40E35E #4074E3 #E340C5

split-complementary

#E3AF40 #40C5E3 #5E40E3

monochromatic

#936B16 #C8921D #E3AF40 #EBC575 #F3DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E3AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#E3AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3AF40

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3AF40	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c67b',
    500: '#e3af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3af40;
$custom-light: #f0c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.859,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78255,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3AF40

secondary

#9EB3E1

accent

#72F137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3AF40

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

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