#E2A161#E2A161
#E2A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2A161 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 161, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 57.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.23, 17.33, 42.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.23, 45.93, 67.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.84% 0.0485 0.1008) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.84% 0.112 64.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2693, 42.5251, 17.0782) |
| Luminance | 0.4252 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.70
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.61
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.71
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.91
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.62
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2A161 #61A2E2
analogous
#E26161 #E2A161 #E2E161
triadic
#E2A161 #61E2A1 #A161E2
tetradic
#E2A161 #61E261 #61A2E2 #E161E2
square
#E2A161 #61E261 #61A2E2 #E161E2
split-complementary
#E2A161 #61E2E1 #6161E2
monochromatic
#A9641F #D9822D #E2A161 #EBC095 #F5DFC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E2A161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#E2A161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2A161
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2A161 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2A161 | 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)
#B6A65B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B462
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2a161; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 161, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 64.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efbc8f',
500: '#e2a161',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2a161; $custom-light: #efbc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2a161",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 161,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.767,
"s": 68.984,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75841,
"c": 0.11184,
"h": 64.3
},
"luminance": 0.42522
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2A161
secondary
#B8D0E6
accent
#73D115
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D