#E2A23D#E2A23D

#E2A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A23D
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 73%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 14.59, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 61.09, 76.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0355 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.136 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1298, 42.3500, 10.2115)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A23D #3D7DE2

analogous

#E2503D #E2A23D #D0E23D

triadic

#E2A23D #3DE2A2 #A23DE2

tetradic

#E2A23D #3DE250 #3D7DE2 #E23DD0

square

#E2A23D #3DE250 #3D7DE2 #E23DD0

split-complementary

#E2A23D #3DD0E2 #503DE2

monochromatic

#8F6015 #C4841D #E2A23D #EABC72 #F2D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E2A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E2A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A23D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A23D	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)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd78',
    500: '#e2a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a23d;
$custom-light: #f0bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.727,
    "s": 73.991,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75632,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A23D

secondary

#9BB6DF

accent

#7FF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A23D

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

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