#E2A63E#E2A63E

#E2A63E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A63E
RGB	rgb(226, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 12.50, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 61.18, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0296 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.136 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8728, 43.7926, 10.5933)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A63E #3E7AE2

analogous

#E2543E #E2A63E #CCE23E

triadic

#E2A63E #3EE2A6 #A63EE2

tetradic

#E2A63E #3EE254 #3E7AE2 #E23ECC

square

#E2A63E #3EE254 #3E7AE2 #E23ECC

split-complementary

#E2A63E #3ECCE2 #543EE2

monochromatic

#906316 #C5881E #E2A63E #EABF73 #F2D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E2A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#E2A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A63E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A63E	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)

#BDA830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c079',
    500: '#e2a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a63e;
$custom-light: #f0c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A63E

secondary

#9CB5E0

accent

#7BF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A63E

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

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