#E2A851#E2A851

#E2A851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.124 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A851
RGB	rgb(226, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 12.47, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 53.63, 76.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.032 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.124 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8547, 44.7716, 13.9570)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A851 #518BE2

analogous

#E25F51 #E2A851 #D4E251

triadic

#E2A851 #51E2A8 #A851E2

tetradic

#E2A851 #51E25F #518BE2 #E251D4

square

#E2A851 #51E25F #518BE2 #E251D4

split-complementary

#E2A851 #51D4E2 #5F51E2

monochromatic

#9E691A #D38C23 #E2A851 #EBC285 #F3DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E2A851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E2A851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A851

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A851	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.124 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc185',
    500: '#e2a851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a851;
$custom-light: #efc185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76961,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A851

secondary

#ACC2E3

accent

#5FD312

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A851

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

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