#E2A040#E2A040

#E2A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.134 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A040
RGB	rgb(226, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 15.80, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 59.72, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0394 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.134 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8634, 41.6843, 10.5325)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A040 #4082E2

analogous

#E24F40 #E2A040 #D3E240

triadic

#E2A040 #40E2A0 #A040E2

tetradic

#E2A040 #40E24F #4082E2 #E240D3

square

#E2A040 #40E24F #4082E2 #E240D3

split-complementary

#E2A040 #40D3E2 #4F40E2

monochromatic

#925F16 #C7821E #E2A040 #EABA75 #F2D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E2A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#E2A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A040

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A040	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc7a',
    500: '#e2a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a040;
$custom-light: #f0bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A040

secondary

#9EB9E0

accent

#83F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A040

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

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