#E2A53E#E2A53E

#E2A53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A53E
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 13.04, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 61.06, 77.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0311 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.136 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6918, 43.4304, 10.5329)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A53E #3E7BE2

analogous

#E2533E #E2A53E #CDE23E

triadic

#E2A53E #3EE2A5 #A53EE2

tetradic

#E2A53E #3EE253 #3E7BE2 #E23ECD

square

#E2A53E #3EE253 #3E7BE2 #E23ECD

split-complementary

#E2A53E #3ECDE2 #533EE2

monochromatic

#906216 #C5871E #E2A53E #EABE73 #F2D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E2A53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#E2A53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A53E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A53E	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf79',
    500: '#e2a53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a53e;
$custom-light: #f0bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.683,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A53E

secondary

#9CB5E0

accent

#7CF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A53E

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

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