#E2A440#E2A440

#E2A440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A440
RGB	rgb(226, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 13.67, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 60.15, 76.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0332 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.135 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5680, 43.0935, 10.7674)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A440 #407EE2

analogous

#E25340 #E2A440 #CFE240

triadic

#E2A440 #40E2A4 #A440E2

tetradic

#E2A440 #40E253 #407EE2 #E240CF

square

#E2A440 #40E253 #407EE2 #E240CF

split-complementary

#E2A440 #40CFE2 #5340E2

monochromatic

#926216 #C7861E #E2A440 #EABD75 #F2D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E2A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E2A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A440

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A440	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be7a',
    500: '#e2a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a440;
$custom-light: #f0be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.037,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A440

secondary

#9EB7E0

accent

#7EF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A440

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

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