#E2A251#E2A251

#E2A251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A251
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 15.68, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 52.91, 72.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0414 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.123 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7725, 42.6071, 13.5962)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A251 #5191E2

analogous

#E25951 #E2A251 #DAE251

triadic

#E2A251 #51E2A2 #A251E2

tetradic

#E2A251 #51E259 #5191E2 #E251DA

square

#E2A251 #51E259 #5191E2 #E251DA

split-complementary

#E2A251 #51DAE2 #5951E2

monochromatic

#9E641A #D38523 #E2A251 #EBBE85 #F3DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E2A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#E2A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A251

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A251	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd85',
    500: '#e2a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a251;
$custom-light: #efbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.517,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A251

secondary

#ACC4E3

accent

#67D312

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A251

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

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