#E2A551#E2A551

#E2A551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A551
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 14.07, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 53.24, 74.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% 0.0367 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.124 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3072, 43.6766, 13.7745)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A551 #518EE2

analogous

#E25D51 #E2A551 #D6E251

triadic

#E2A551 #51E2A5 #A551E2

tetradic

#E2A551 #51E25D #518EE2 #E251D6

square

#E2A551 #51E25D #518EE2 #E251D6

split-complementary

#E2A551 #51D6E2 #5D51E2

monochromatic

#9E671A #D38923 #E2A551 #EBC085 #F3DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E2A551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#E2A551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A551

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A551	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbf85',
    500: '#e2a551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a551;
$custom-light: #efbf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.759,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76391,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A551

secondary

#ACC3E3

accent

#63D312

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A551

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

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