#E3B751#E3B751

#E3B751 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3B751
RGB	rgb(227, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 4.95, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 56.62, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0099 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.129 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0999, 50.7951, 14.9486)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3B751 #517DE3

analogous

#E36E51 #E3B751 #C6E351

triadic

#E3B751 #51E3B7 #B751E3

tetradic

#E3B751 #51E36E #517DE3 #E351C6

square

#E3B751 #51E36E #517DE3 #E351C6

split-complementary

#E3B751 #51C6E3 #6E51E3

monochromatic

#A0771A #D59F22 #E3B751 #EBCD86 #F4E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E3B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E3B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3B751

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3B751	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcc86',
    500: '#e3b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3b751;
$custom-light: #efcc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3B751

secondary

#3556A3

accent

#4CD411

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3B751

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

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