#E3B249#E3B249

#E3B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.133 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B249
RGB	rgb(227, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 7.12, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 58.94, 83.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0152 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.133 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8044, 48.6560, 13.1231)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B249 #497AE3

analogous

#E36549 #E3B249 #C7E349

triadic

#E3B249 #49E3B2 #B249E3

tetradic

#E3B249 #49E365 #497AE3 #E349C7

square

#E3B249 #49E365 #497AE3 #E349C7

split-complementary

#E3B249 #49C7E3 #6549E3

monochromatic

#9A7018 #CF9720 #E3B249 #EBC87E #F3DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E3B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E3B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B249

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B249	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)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.133 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c881',
    500: '#e3b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b249;
$custom-light: #f0c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B249

secondary

#A6B9E2

accent

#72F038

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B249

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

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