#E2A142#E2A142

#E2A142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A142
RGB	rgb(226, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 15.36, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 59.03, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0384 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.133 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0954, 42.0555, 10.8957)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A142 #4283E2

analogous

#E25142 #E2A142 #D3E242

triadic

#E2A142 #42E2A1 #A142E2

tetradic

#E2A142 #42E251 #4283E2 #E242D3

square

#E2A142 #42E251 #4283E2 #E242D3

split-complementary

#E2A142 #42D3E2 #5142E2

monochromatic

#936017 #C8831F #E2A142 #EABB77 #F2D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E2A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#E2A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A142

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A142	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc7b',
    500: '#e2a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a142;
$custom-light: #f0bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A142

secondary

#9FBAE0

accent

#83F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A142

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

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