#E3B440#E3B440

#E3B440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.140 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B440
RGB	rgb(227, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 5.61, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 62.95, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0097 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.14 86)
XYZ	xyz(48.9281, 49.3469, 11.7973)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B440 #406FE3

analogous

#E36240 #E3B440 #C1E340

triadic

#E3B440 #40E3B4 #B440E3

tetradic

#E3B440 #40E362 #406FE3 #E340C1

square

#E3B440 #40E362 #406FE3 #E340C1

split-complementary

#E3B440 #40C1E3 #6240E3

monochromatic

#936F16 #C8971D #E3B440 #EBC975 #F3DEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E3B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E3B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B440

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B440	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca7c',
    500: '#e3b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b440;
$custom-light: #f0ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.699,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79233,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.49344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B440

secondary

#9EB1E1

accent

#6CF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B440

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

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