#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
RGBrgb(227, 176, 64)
HSLhsl(41, 74%, 57%)
HSVhsv(41, 72%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.5%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(74.67, 7.72, 61.70)
CIE-LCHlch(74.67, 62.18, 82.87°)
OKLaboklab(78.45% 0.0158 0.1372)
OKLCHoklch(78.45% 0.138 83.4)
XYZxyz(48.1323, 47.7551, 11.5321)
Luminance0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##E3B0401.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

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

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#E3B040 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva