#E2A53B#E2A53B

#E2A53B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A53B
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 12.90, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 62.21, 78.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0303 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.138 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6117, 43.3984, 10.1113)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A53B #3B78E2

analogous

#E2513B #E2A53B #CBE23B

triadic

#E2A53B #3BE2A5 #A53BE2

tetradic

#E2A53B #3BE251 #3B78E2 #E23BCB

square

#E2A53B #3BE251 #3B78E2 #E23BCB

split-complementary

#E2A53B #3BCBE2 #513BE2

monochromatic

#8E6215 #C3861D #E2A53B #EABD70 #F2D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E2A53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E2A53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A53B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A53B	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf77',
    500: '#e2a53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a53b;
$custom-light: #f0bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.084,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A53B

secondary

#9AB3DF

accent

#7BF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A53B

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

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