#E2A242#E2A242

#E2A242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A242
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 14.83, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 59.13, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0369 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.133 74)
XYZ	xyz(45.2708, 42.4064, 10.9542)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A242 #4282E2

analogous

#E25242 #E2A242 #D2E242

triadic

#E2A242 #42E2A2 #A242E2

tetradic

#E2A242 #42E252 #4282E2 #E242D2

square

#E2A242 #42E252 #4282E2 #E242D2

split-complementary

#E2A242 #42D2E2 #5242E2

monochromatic

#936117 #C8841F #E2A242 #EABC77 #F2D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E2A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#E2A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A242

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A242	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)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd7b',
    500: '#e2a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a242;
$custom-light: #f0bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A242

secondary

#9FB9E0

accent

#81F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A242

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

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