#E2A449#E2A449

#E2A449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A449
RGB	rgb(226, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 14.13, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 56.50, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0357 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.129 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8451, 43.2043, 12.2267)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A449 #4987E2

analogous

#E25749 #E2A449 #D4E249

triadic

#E2A449 #49E2A4 #A449E2

tetradic

#E2A449 #49E257 #4987E2 #E249D4

square

#E2A449 #49E257 #4987E2 #E249D4

split-complementary

#E2A449 #49D4E2 #5749E2

monochromatic

#986418 #CD8721 #E2A449 #EABE7E #F3D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E2A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#E2A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A449

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A449	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be80',
    500: '#e2a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a449;
$custom-light: #f0be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76118,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A449

secondary

#A5BEE2

accent

#83EF39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A449

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

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