#E2A557#E2A557

#E2A557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A557
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 14.47, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 50.64, 73.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0386 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.119 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5423, 43.7706, 15.0122)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A557 #5794E2

analogous

#E26057 #E2A557 #DAE257

triadic

#E2A557 #57E2A5 #A557E2

tetradic

#E2A557 #57E260 #5794E2 #E257DA

square

#E2A557 #57E260 #5794E2 #E257DA

split-complementary

#E2A557 #57DAE2 #6057E2

monochromatic

#A3681C #D78925 #E2A557 #EBC18B #F4DDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E2A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E2A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A557

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A557	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)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbf89',
    500: '#e2a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a557;
$custom-light: #efbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.669,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76461,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A557

secondary

#B0C7E4

accent

#67D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A557

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

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