#E3B240#E3B240

#E3B240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B240
RGB	rgb(227, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 6.66, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 62.56, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0128 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.139 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5273, 48.5452, 11.6637)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B240 #4071E3

analogous

#E36140 #E3B240 #C3E340

triadic

#E3B240 #40E3B2 #B240E3

tetradic

#E3B240 #40E361 #4071E3 #E340C3

square

#E3B240 #40E361 #4071E3 #E340C3

split-complementary

#E3B240 #40C3E3 #6140E3

monochromatic

#936D16 #C8951D #E3B240 #EBC875 #F3DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E3B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E3B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B240

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B240	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c87b',
    500: '#e3b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b240;
$custom-light: #f0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78841,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B240

secondary

#9EB2E1

accent

#6FF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B240

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

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