#E2A22B#E2A22B

#E2A22B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.145 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A22B
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 13.90, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 67.43, 78.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0314 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.145 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7237, 42.1876, 8.0726)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A22B #2B6BE2

analogous

#E2462B #E2A22B #C7E22B

triadic

#E2A22B #2BE2A2 #A22BE2

tetradic

#E2A22B #2BE246 #2B6BE2 #E22BC7

square

#E2A22B #2BE246 #2B6BE2 #E22BC7

split-complementary

#E2A22B #2BC7E2 #462BE2

monochromatic

#815A12 #B78019 #E2A22B #E9BA61 #F1D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E2A22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#E2A22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A22B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A22B	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.145 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd6f',
    500: '#e2a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a22b;
$custom-light: #f1bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.016,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75509,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A22B

secondary

#8DA8DC

accent

#77F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A22B

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

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