#E2A042#E2A042

#E2A042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A042
RGB	rgb(226, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 15.90, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 58.93, 74.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.04 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.133 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9213, 41.7074, 10.8377)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A042 #4284E2

analogous

#E25042 #E2A042 #D4E242

triadic

#E2A042 #42E2A0 #A042E2

tetradic

#E2A042 #42E250 #4284E2 #E242D4

square

#E2A042 #42E250 #4284E2 #E242D4

split-complementary

#E2A042 #42D4E2 #5042E2

monochromatic

#936017 #C8821F #E2A042 #EABB77 #F2D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E2A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#E2A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A042

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A042	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)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc7b',
    500: '#e2a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a042;
$custom-light: #f0bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75299,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A042

secondary

#9FBAE0

accent

#84F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A042

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

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