#E3B156#E3B156

#E3B156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.123 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B156
RGB	rgb(227, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 8.44, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 53.17, 80.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0207 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.123 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0831, 48.4503, 15.5689)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B156 #5688E3

analogous

#E36B56 #E3B156 #CFE356

triadic

#E3B156 #56E3B1 #B156E3

tetradic

#E3B156 #56E36B #5688E3 #E356CF

square

#E3B156 #56E36B #5688E3 #E356CF

split-complementary

#E3B156 #56CFE3 #6B56E3

monochromatic

#A4731B #D89824 #E3B156 #ECC98B #F4E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E3B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E3B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B156

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B156	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.123 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc889',
    500: '#e3b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b156;
$custom-light: #efc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B156

secondary

#B0C3E5

accent

#57D412

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B156

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

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