#E2A249#E2A249

#E2A249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A249
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 15.20, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 56.28, 74.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0389 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.129 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4900, 42.4941, 12.1084)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A249 #4989E2

analogous

#E25549 #E2A249 #D5E249

triadic

#E2A249 #49E2A2 #A249E2

tetradic

#E2A249 #49E255 #4989E2 #E249D5

square

#E2A249 #49E255 #4989E2 #E249D5

split-complementary

#E2A249 #49D5E2 #5549E2

monochromatic

#986318 #CD8521 #E2A249 #EABD7E #F3D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E2A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#E2A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A249

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A249	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd80',
    500: '#e2a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a249;
$custom-light: #f0bd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A249

secondary

#A5BEE2

accent

#85EF39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A249

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

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