#E2A640#E2A640

#E2A640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A640
RGB	rgb(226, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 12.60, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 60.40, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0301 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.135 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9287, 43.8149, 10.8876)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A640 #407CE2

analogous

#E25540 #E2A640 #CDE240

triadic

#E2A640 #40E2A6 #A640E2

tetradic

#E2A640 #40E255 #407CE2 #E240CD

square

#E2A640 #40E255 #407CE2 #E240CD

split-complementary

#E2A640 #40CDE2 #5540E2

monochromatic

#926416 #C7881E #E2A640 #EABF75 #F2D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E2A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#E2A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A640

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A640	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)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c07a',
    500: '#e2a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a640;
$custom-light: #f0c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76415,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A640

secondary

#9EB6E0

accent

#7CF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A640

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

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