#E2A541#E2A541

#E2A541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A541
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 13.18, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 59.88, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0319 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.134 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7764, 43.4643, 10.9785)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A541 #417EE2

analogous

#E25541 #E2A541 #CFE241

triadic

#E2A541 #41E2A5 #A541E2

tetradic

#E2A541 #41E255 #417EE2 #E241CF

square

#E2A541 #41E255 #417EE2 #E241CF

split-complementary

#E2A541 #41CFE2 #5541E2

monochromatic

#926316 #C7871E #E2A541 #EABE76 #F2D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E2A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#E2A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A541

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A541	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)

#BCA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf7b',
    500: '#e2a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a541;
$custom-light: #f0bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.267,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A541

secondary

#9FB7E0

accent

#7EF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A541

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

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