#E3B23E#E3B23E

#E3B23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.140 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B23E
RGB	rgb(227, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 72.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 6.57, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 63.32, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0123 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.14 85)
XYZ	xyz(48.4714, 48.5228, 11.3694)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B23E #3E6FE3

analogous

#E3603E #E3B23E #C2E33E

triadic

#E3B23E #3EE3B2 #B23EE3

tetradic

#E3B23E #3EE360 #3E6FE3 #E33EC2

square

#E3B23E #3EE360 #3E6FE3 #E33EC2

split-complementary

#E3B23E #3EC2E3 #603EE3

monochromatic

#916D15 #C7941D #E3B23E #EBC773 #F3DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E3B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#E3B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B23E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B23E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.140 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c87a',
    500: '#e3b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b23e;
$custom-light: #f0c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.182,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78825,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.48519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B23E

secondary

#9DB1E0

accent

#6EF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B23E

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

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