#E3B738#E3B738

#E3B738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B738
RGB	rgb(227, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 3.68, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 66.53, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0033 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.146 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3288, 50.4866, 10.8873)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B738 #3864E3

analogous

#E36138 #E3B738 #BAE338

triadic

#E3B738 #38E3B7 #B738E3

tetradic

#E3B738 #38E361 #3864E3 #E338BA

square

#E3B738 #38E361 #3864E3 #E338BA

split-complementary

#E3B738 #38BAE3 #6138E3

monochromatic

#8D6E14 #C2971B #E3B738 #EBCA6E #F2DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E3B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#E3B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B738

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B738	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cc78',
    500: '#e3b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b738;
$custom-light: #f0cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.561,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79768,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B738

secondary

#2D4792

accent

#66F236

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#171309

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B738

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

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