#E3B340#E3B340

#E3B340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.139 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B340
RGB	rgb(227, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 6.13, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 62.75, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0113 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.139 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7270, 48.9446, 11.7303)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B340 #4070E3

analogous

#E36240 #E3B340 #C2E340

triadic

#E3B340 #40E3B3 #B340E3

tetradic

#E3B340 #40E362 #4070E3 #E340C2

square

#E3B340 #40E362 #4070E3 #E340C2

split-complementary

#E3B340 #40C2E3 #6240E3

monochromatic

#936E16 #C8961D #E3B340 #EBC875 #F3DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E3B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E3B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B340

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B340	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.139 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c97b',
    500: '#e3b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b340;
$custom-light: #f0c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.331,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79037,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B340

secondary

#9EB2E1

accent

#6EF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B340

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

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