#E3B351#E3B351

#E3B351 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.127 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B351
RGB	rgb(227, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 7.06, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 55.76, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.016 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.127 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2866, 49.1684, 14.6775)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B351 #5181E3

analogous

#E36A51 #E3B351 #CAE351

triadic

#E3B351 #51E3B3 #B351E3

tetradic

#E3B351 #51E36A #5181E3 #E351CA

square

#E3B351 #51E36A #5181E3 #E351CA

split-complementary

#E3B351 #51CAE3 #6A51E3

monochromatic

#A0741A #D59A22 #E3B351 #EBCA86 #F4E1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E3B351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E3B351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B351

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B351	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.127 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c986',
    500: '#e3b351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b351;
$custom-light: #f0c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7919,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B351

secondary

#ACBEE4

accent

#51D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B351

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

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