#E2A261#E2A261

#E2A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A261
RGB	rgb(226, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 16.80, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 46.00, 68.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0469 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.112 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4447, 42.8760, 17.1367)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A261 #61A1E2

analogous

#E26161 #E2A261 #E1E261

triadic

#E2A261 #61E2A2 #A261E2

tetradic

#E2A261 #61E261 #61A1E2 #E261E1

square

#E2A261 #61E261 #61A1E2 #E261E1

split-complementary

#E2A261 #61E1E2 #6161E2

monochromatic

#A9651F #D9842D #E2A261 #EBC095 #F5DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E2A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#E2A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A261

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A261	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd8f',
    500: '#e2a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a261;
$custom-light: #efbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.233,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76028,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A261

secondary

#B8CFE6

accent

#72D115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A261

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

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