#E2A156#E2A156

#E2A156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A156
RGB	rgb(226, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 16.54, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 50.67, 70.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0446 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.12 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7915, 42.3340, 14.5618)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A156 #5697E2

analogous

#E25B56 #E2A156 #DDE256

triadic

#E2A156 #56E2A1 #A156E2

tetradic

#E2A156 #56E25B #5697E2 #E256DD

square

#E2A156 #56E25B #5697E2 #E256DD

split-complementary

#E2A156 #56DDE2 #5B56E2

monochromatic

#A2641C #D68425 #E2A156 #EBBE8A #F4DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E2A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E2A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A156

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A156	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbc88',
    500: '#e2a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a156;
$custom-light: #efbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A156

secondary

#B0C8E4

accent

#6CD313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A156

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

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