#E2A540#E2A540

#E2A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A540
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 13.13, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 60.27, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0316 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.135 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7476, 43.4528, 10.8273)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A540 #407DE2

analogous

#E25440 #E2A540 #CEE240

triadic

#E2A540 #40E2A5 #A540E2

tetradic

#E2A540 #40E254 #407DE2 #E240CE

square

#E2A540 #40E254 #407DE2 #E240CE

split-complementary

#E2A540 #40CEE2 #5440E2

monochromatic

#926316 #C7871E #E2A540 #EABE75 #F2D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E2A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#E2A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A540

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A540	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)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf7a',
    500: '#e2a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a540;
$custom-light: #f0bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.407,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76225,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A540

secondary

#9EB7E0

accent

#7DF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A540

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

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