#E3B253#E3B253

#E3B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.126 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B253
RGB	rgb(227, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 63.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 7.71, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 54.69, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0182 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.126 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1630, 48.7995, 15.0118)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B253 #5384E3

analogous

#E36A53 #E3B253 #CCE353

triadic

#E3B253 #53E3B2 #B253E3

tetradic

#E3B253 #53E36A #5384E3 #E353CC

square

#E3B253 #53E36A #5384E3 #E353CC

split-complementary

#E3B253 #53CCE3 #6A53E3

monochromatic

#A1731A #D69923 #E3B253 #ECCA88 #F4E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E3B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#E3B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B253

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B253	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.126 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc887',
    500: '#e3b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b253;
$custom-light: #efc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79016,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B253

secondary

#AEC0E4

accent

#54D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B253

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

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