#E2A649#E2A649

#E2A649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A649
RGB	rgb(226, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 13.07, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 56.75, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0326 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.129 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2058, 43.9258, 12.3470)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A649 #4985E2

analogous

#E25949 #E2A649 #D1E249

triadic

#E2A649 #49E2A6 #A649E2

tetradic

#E2A649 #49E259 #4985E2 #E249D1

square

#E2A649 #49E259 #4985E2 #E249D1

split-complementary

#E2A649 #49D1E2 #5949E2

monochromatic

#986618 #CD8921 #E2A649 #EAC07E #F3DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E2A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#E2A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A649

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A649	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc080',
    500: '#e2a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a649;
$custom-light: #efc080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A649

secondary

#A5BDE2

accent

#80EF39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A649

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

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