#E2A559#E2A559

#E2A559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A559
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 14.60, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 49.77, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0393 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.118 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6251, 43.8038, 15.4486)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A559 #5996E2

analogous

#E26159 #E2A559 #DAE259

triadic

#E2A559 #59E2A5 #A559E2

tetradic

#E2A559 #59E261 #5996E2 #E259DA

square

#E2A559 #59E261 #5996E2 #E259DA

split-complementary

#E2A559 #59DAE2 #6159E2

monochromatic

#A4681D #D88926 #E2A559 #EBC18D #F4DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E2A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#E2A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A559

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A559	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbf8a',
    500: '#e2a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a559;
$custom-light: #efbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.285,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A559

secondary

#B2C9E5

accent

#68D213

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A559

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

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