#E2A256#E2A256

#E2A256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A256
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 16.00, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 50.76, 71.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.043 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.12 69)
XYZ	xyz(45.9669, 42.6849, 14.6203)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A256 #5696E2

analogous

#E25C56 #E2A256 #DCE256

triadic

#E2A256 #56E2A2 #A256E2

tetradic

#E2A256 #56E25C #5696E2 #E256DC

square

#E2A256 #56E25C #5696E2 #E256DC

split-complementary

#E2A256 #56DCE2 #5C56E2

monochromatic

#A2651C #D68525 #E2A256 #EBBF8A #F4DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E2A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#E2A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A256

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A256	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd88',
    500: '#e2a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a256;
$custom-light: #efbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75884,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.42681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A256

secondary

#B0C8E4

accent

#6BD313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A256

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

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