#E3B43E#E3B43E

#E3B43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.141 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B43E
RGB	rgb(227, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 5.51, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 63.71, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0092 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.141 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8723, 49.3245, 11.5030)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B43E #3E6DE3

analogous

#E3623E #E3B43E #C0E33E

triadic

#E3B43E #3EE3B4 #B43EE3

tetradic

#E3B43E #3EE362 #3E6DE3 #E33EC0

square

#E3B43E #3EE362 #3E6DE3 #E33EC0

split-complementary

#E3B43E #3EC0E3 #623EE3

monochromatic

#916E15 #C7961D #E3B43E #EBC973 #F3DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E3B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E3B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B43E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B43E	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.141 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca7a',
    500: '#e3b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b43e;
$custom-light: #f0ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.909,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79218,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B43E

secondary

#9DB0E0

accent

#6CF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B43E

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

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