#E2A255#E2A255

#E2A255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A255
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 15.93, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 51.19, 71.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0427 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.121 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9269, 42.6689, 14.4096)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A255 #5595E2

analogous

#E25B55 #E2A255 #DBE255

triadic

#E2A255 #55E2A2 #A255E2

tetradic

#E2A255 #55E25B #5595E2 #E255DB

square

#E2A255 #55E25B #5595E2 #E255DB

split-complementary

#E2A255 #55DBE2 #5B55E2

monochromatic

#A1641B #D58524 #E2A255 #EBBF89 #F4DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E2A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E2A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A255

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A255	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd87',
    500: '#e2a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a255;
$custom-light: #efbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.766,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75872,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A255

secondary

#AFC7E4

accent

#6AD313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A255

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

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