#E3BE52#E3BE52
#E3BE52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.132 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3BE52 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 190, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 72%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.9%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.33, 1.35, 57.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.33, 57.91, 88.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.37% -0.0004 0.1321) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.37% 0.132 90.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.6176, 53.7699, 15.6408) |
| Luminance | 0.5377 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.81
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.70
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.18
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.33
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.59
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3BE52 #5277E3
analogous
#E37652 #E3BE52 #BFE352
triadic
#E3BE52 #52E3BE #BE52E3
tetradic
#E3BE52 #52E376 #5277E3 #E352BF
square
#E3BE52 #52E376 #5277E3 #E352BF
split-complementary
#E3BE52 #52BFE3 #7652E3
monochromatic
#A17E1A #D5A823 #E3BE52 #ECD287 #F4E6BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#E3BE52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.75
#E3BE52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3BE52
11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3BE52 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3BE52 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.75 | 11.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BC46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B0A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3be52; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 190, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.132 90.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd187',
500: '#e3be52',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3be52; $custom-light: #efd187; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3be52",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 190,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.69,
"s": 72.139,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81374,
"c": 0.13211,
"h": 90.2
},
"luminance": 0.53767
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3BE52
secondary
#3652A3
accent
#43D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F