#E3B248#E3B248

#E3B248 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.134 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B248
RGB	rgb(227, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 7.07, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 59.36, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0149 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.134 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7715, 48.6429, 12.9499)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B248 #4879E3

analogous

#E36448 #E3B248 #C7E348

triadic

#E3B248 #48E3B2 #B248E3

tetradic

#E3B248 #48E364 #4879E3 #E348C7

square

#E3B248 #48E364 #4879E3 #E348C7

split-complementary

#E3B248 #48C7E3 #6448E3

monochromatic

#997017 #CE9720 #E3B248 #EBC87D #F3DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E3B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E3B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B248

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B248	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.134 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c880',
    500: '#e3b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b248;
$custom-light: #f0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.032,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B248

secondary

#A5B8E2

accent

#72F038

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B248

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

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