#E2A451#E2A451

#E2A451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.123 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A451
RGB	rgb(226, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 14.61, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 53.12, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0382 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.124 72)
XYZ	xyz(46.1276, 43.3173, 13.7146)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A451 #518FE2

analogous

#E25B51 #E2A451 #D7E251

triadic

#E2A451 #51E2A4 #A451E2

tetradic

#E2A451 #51E25B #518FE2 #E251D7

square

#E2A451 #51E25B #518FE2 #E251D7

split-complementary

#E2A451 #51D7E2 #5B51E2

monochromatic

#9E661A #D38823 #E2A451 #EBBF85 #F3DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E2A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#E2A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A451

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A451	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.123 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbe85',
    500: '#e2a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a451;
$custom-light: #efbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.345,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.43314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A451

secondary

#ACC3E3

accent

#65D312

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A451

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

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