#E2A43B#E2A43B

#E2A43B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A43B
RGB	rgb(226, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 13.43, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 62.08, 77.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0319 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.138 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4320, 43.0391, 10.0514)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A43B #3B79E2

analogous

#E2513B #E2A43B #CCE23B

triadic

#E2A43B #3BE2A4 #A43BE2

tetradic

#E2A43B #3BE251 #3B79E2 #E23BCC

square

#E2A43B #3BE251 #3B79E2 #E23BCC

split-complementary

#E2A43B #3BCCE2 #513BE2

monochromatic

#8E6115 #C3851D #E2A43B #EABD70 #F2D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E2A43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#E2A43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A43B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A43B	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be77',
    500: '#e2a43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a43b;
$custom-light: #f0be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.725,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A43B

secondary

#9AB3DF

accent

#7CF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A43B

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

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