#E2A160#E2A160
#E2A160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2A160 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 161, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 57.5%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.22, 17.25, 43.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.22, 46.36, 68.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.83% 0.0481 0.1018) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.83% 0.113 64.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2229, 42.5066, 16.8342) |
| Luminance | 0.4250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.77
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.59
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.75
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.98
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.48
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2A160 #60A1E2
analogous
#E26060 #E2A160 #E2E260
triadic
#E2A160 #60E2A1 #A160E2
tetradic
#E2A160 #60E260 #60A1E2 #E260E2
square
#E2A160 #60E260 #60A1E2 #E260E2
split-complementary
#E2A160 #60E2E2 #6060E2
monochromatic
#A9641F #D9822C #E2A160 #EBC094 #F5DEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E2A160 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#E2A160 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2A160
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2A160 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2A160 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B461
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2a160; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 161, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 64.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efbc8e',
500: '#e2a160',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2a160; $custom-light: #efbc8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2a160",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 161,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 69.149,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75827,
"c": 0.11258,
"h": 64.7
},
"luminance": 0.42503
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2A160
secondary
#B8CFE6
accent
#73D114
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D