#E2A342#E2A342

#E2A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.133 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A342
RGB	rgb(226, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 14.30, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 59.24, 76.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0353 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.133 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4477, 42.7601, 11.0131)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A342 #4281E2

analogous

#E25342 #E2A342 #D1E242

triadic

#E2A342 #42E2A3 #A342E2

tetradic

#E2A342 #42E253 #4281E2 #E242D1

square

#E2A342 #42E253 #4281E2 #E242D1

split-complementary

#E2A342 #42D1E2 #5342E2

monochromatic

#936217 #C8851F #E2A342 #EABD77 #F2D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E2A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#E2A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A342

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A342	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.133 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be7b',
    500: '#e2a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a342;
$custom-light: #f0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A342

secondary

#9FB9E0

accent

#80F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A342

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

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