#E2A556#E2A556

#E2A556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A556
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 14.40, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 51.08, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% 0.0383 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.12 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5017, 43.7544, 14.7986)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A556 #5693E2

analogous

#E25F56 #E2A556 #D9E256

triadic

#E2A556 #56E2A5 #A556E2

tetradic

#E2A556 #56E25F #5693E2 #E256D9

square

#E2A556 #56E25F #5693E2 #E256D9

split-complementary

#E2A556 #56D9E2 #5F56E2

monochromatic

#A2671C #D68925 #E2A556 #EBC18A #F4DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E2A556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E2A556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A556

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A556	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbf88',
    500: '#e2a556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a556;
$custom-light: #efbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76449,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A556

secondary

#B0C7E4

accent

#66D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A556

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

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