#E2A856#E2A856

#E2A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A856
RGB	rgb(226, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 12.80, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 51.46, 75.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.0336 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.12 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0491, 44.8493, 14.9811)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A856 #5690E2

analogous

#E26256 #E2A856 #D6E256

triadic

#E2A856 #56E2A8 #A856E2

tetradic

#E2A856 #56E262 #5690E2 #E256D6

square

#E2A856 #56E262 #5690E2 #E256D6

split-complementary

#E2A856 #56D6E2 #6256E2

monochromatic

#A26A1C #D68D25 #E2A856 #EBC38A #F4DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E2A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#E2A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A856

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A856	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc188',
    500: '#e2a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a856;
$custom-light: #efc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A856

secondary

#B0C5E4

accent

#62D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A856

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

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