#E2A565#E2A565
#E2A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.108 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2A565 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 165, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 68%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 55%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27%, 55.3%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.24, 15.51, 41.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.24, 44.52, 69.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.65% 0.0436 0.0993) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.65% 0.108 66.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1707, 44.0220, 18.3221) |
| Luminance | 0.4402 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.38
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.61
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.99
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.50
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.12
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2A565 #65A2E2
analogous
#E26765 #E2A565 #E1E265
triadic
#E2A565 #65E2A5 #A565E2
tetradic
#E2A565 #65E267 #65A2E2 #E265E1
square
#E2A565 #65E267 #65A2E2 #E265E1
split-complementary
#E2A565 #65E1E2 #6765E2
monochromatic
#AC6820 #D88731 #E2A565 #ECC399 #F5E1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E2A565 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.80
#E2A565 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2A565
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2A565 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2A565 | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A960
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B766
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49796
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2a565; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.108 66.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eebf92',
500: '#e2a565',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2a565; $custom-light: #eebf92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2a565",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 165,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.72,
"s": 68.306,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76646,
"c": 0.10849,
"h": 66.3
},
"luminance": 0.44019
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2A565
secondary
#BCD1E7
accent
#71D015
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF7F1
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E