#E3C262#E3C262

#E3C262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C262
RGB	rgb(227, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, 0.37, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 51.88, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0013 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1772, 55.7990, 19.5222)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C262 #6283E3

analogous

#E38162 #E3C262 #C3E362

triadic

#E3C262 #62E3C2 #C262E3

tetradic

#E3C262 #62E381 #6283E3 #E362C3

square

#E3C262 #62E381 #6283E3 #E362C3

split-complementary

#E3C262 #62C3E3 #8162E3

monochromatic

#AC881F #DAAE2E #E3C262 #ECD696 #F6EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E3C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E3C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C262

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C262	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd491',
    500: '#e3c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c262;
$custom-light: #efd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82349,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C262

secondary

#3C59AE

accent

#44D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C262

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

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