#E2A162#E2A162
#E2A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.111 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2A162 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 161, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 69%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 56.6%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.24, 17.41, 42.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.24, 45.51, 67.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.85% 0.0488 0.0998) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.85% 0.111 63.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3162, 42.5439, 17.3253) |
| Luminance | 0.4254 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.64
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.68
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.85
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.69
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2A162 #62A3E2
analogous
#E26263 #E2A162 #E2E162
triadic
#E2A162 #62E2A1 #A162E2
tetradic
#E2A162 #63E262 #62A3E2 #E162E2
square
#E2A162 #63E262 #62A3E2 #E162E2
split-complementary
#E2A162 #62E2E1 #6263E2
monochromatic
#AA641F #D8822E #E2A162 #ECC096 #F5DFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E2A162 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#E2A162 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2A162
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2A162 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2A162 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2a162; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 161, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.111 63.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efbc90',
500: '#e2a162',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2a162; $custom-light: #efbc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2a162",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 161,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.531,
"s": 68.817,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75855,
"c": 0.1111,
"h": 63.9
},
"luminance": 0.4254
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2A162
secondary
#B9D0E7
accent
#74D115
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D