#E3B040#E3B040

#E3B040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.138 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B040
RGB	rgb(227, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 7.72, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 62.18, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% 0.0158 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.138 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1323, 47.7551, 11.5321)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B040 #4073E3

analogous

#E35F40 #E3B040 #C5E340

triadic

#E3B040 #40E3B0 #B040E3

tetradic

#E3B040 #40E35F #4073E3 #E340C5

square

#E3B040 #40E35F #4073E3 #E340C5

split-complementary

#E3B040 #40C5E3 #5F40E3

monochromatic

#936C16 #C8931D #E3B040 #EBC675 #F3DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E3B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#E3B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B040

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B040	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.138 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c77b',
    500: '#e3b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b040;
$custom-light: #f0c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.227,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B040

secondary

#9EB3E1

accent

#71F137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B040

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

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