#E2A140#E2A140

#E2A140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A140
RGB	rgb(226, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 15.27, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 59.82, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0379 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.134 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0374, 42.0324, 10.5906)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A140 #4081E2

analogous

#E25040 #E2A140 #D2E240

triadic

#E2A140 #40E2A1 #A140E2

tetradic

#E2A140 #40E250 #4081E2 #E240D2

square

#E2A140 #40E250 #4081E2 #E240D2

split-complementary

#E2A140 #40D2E2 #5040E2

monochromatic

#926016 #C7831E #E2A140 #EABB75 #F2D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E2A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#E2A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A140

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A140	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc7a',
    500: '#e2a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a140;
$custom-light: #f0bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.926,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75469,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A140

secondary

#9EB8E0

accent

#82F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A140

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

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