#E2A549#E2A549

#E2A549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A549
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 13.60, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 56.62, 76.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0342 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.129 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0247, 43.5636, 12.2866)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A549 #4986E2

analogous

#E25849 #E2A549 #D3E249

triadic

#E2A549 #49E2A5 #A549E2

tetradic

#E2A549 #49E258 #4986E2 #E249D3

square

#E2A549 #49E258 #4986E2 #E249D3

split-complementary

#E2A549 #49D3E2 #5849E2

monochromatic

#986518 #CD8821 #E2A549 #EABF7E #F3D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E2A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#E2A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A549

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A549	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf80',
    500: '#e2a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a549;
$custom-light: #f0bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.078,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76307,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A549

secondary

#A5BDE2

accent

#81EF39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A549

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

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