#E2A240#E2A240

#E2A240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A240
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 14.73, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 59.92, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0363 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.135 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2129, 42.3833, 10.6490)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A240 #4080E2

analogous

#E25140 #E2A240 #D1E240

triadic

#E2A240 #40E2A2 #A240E2

tetradic

#E2A240 #40E251 #4080E2 #E240D1

square

#E2A240 #40E251 #4080E2 #E240D1

split-complementary

#E2A240 #40D1E2 #5140E2

monochromatic

#926116 #C7841E #E2A240 #EABC75 #F2D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E2A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#E2A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A240

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A240	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd7a',
    500: '#e2a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a240;
$custom-light: #f0bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.296,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A240

secondary

#9EB8E0

accent

#81F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A240

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

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