#E2A442#E2A442

#E2A442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A442
RGB	rgb(226, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 13.76, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 59.36, 76.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0337 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.134 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6259, 43.1167, 11.0725)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A442 #4280E2

analogous

#E25442 #E2A442 #D0E242

triadic

#E2A442 #42E2A4 #A442E2

tetradic

#E2A442 #42E254 #4280E2 #E242D0

square

#E2A442 #42E254 #4280E2 #E242D0

split-complementary

#E2A442 #42D0E2 #5442E2

monochromatic

#936317 #C8861F #E2A442 #EABE77 #F2D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E2A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E2A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A442

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A442	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)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be7b',
    500: '#e2a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a442;
$custom-light: #f0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76053,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A442

secondary

#9FB9E0

accent

#7FF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A442

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

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