#E2A849#E2A849

#E2A849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.130 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A849
RGB	rgb(226, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, 12.00, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 57.03, 77.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0295 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.13 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5722, 44.6586, 12.4691)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A849 #4983E2

analogous

#E25B49 #E2A849 #CFE249

triadic

#E2A849 #49E2A8 #A849E2

tetradic

#E2A849 #49E25B #4983E2 #E249CF

square

#E2A849 #49E25B #4983E2 #E249CF

split-complementary

#E2A849 #49CFE2 #5B49E2

monochromatic

#986818 #CD8C21 #E2A849 #EAC17E #F3DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E2A849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#E2A849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A849

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A849	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.130 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc180',
    500: '#e2a849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a849;
$custom-light: #efc180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.255,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76879,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A849

secondary

#A5BCE2

accent

#7EEF39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A849

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

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