#E3B140#E3B140

#E3B140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.138 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B140
RGB	rgb(227, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 7.19, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 62.37, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0143 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.138 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3291, 48.1487, 11.5977)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B140 #4072E3

analogous

#E36040 #E3B140 #C4E340

triadic

#E3B140 #40E3B1 #B140E3

tetradic

#E3B140 #40E360 #4072E3 #E340C4

square

#E3B140 #40E360 #4072E3 #E340C4

split-complementary

#E3B140 #40C4E3 #6040E3

monochromatic

#936D16 #C8941D #E3B140 #EBC775 #F3DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E3B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E3B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B140

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B140	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.138 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c87b',
    500: '#e3b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b140;
$custom-light: #f0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B140

secondary

#9EB3E1

accent

#70F137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B140

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

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