#E2A949#E2A949

#E2A949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A949
RGB	rgb(226, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, 11.47, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 57.17, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0279 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.13 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7575, 45.0292, 12.5309)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A949 #4982E2

analogous

#E25C49 #E2A949 #CEE249

triadic

#E2A949 #49E2A9 #A949E2

tetradic

#E2A949 #49E25C #4982E2 #E249CE

square

#E2A949 #49E25C #4982E2 #E249CE

split-complementary

#E2A949 #49CEE2 #5C49E2

monochromatic

#986918 #CD8D21 #E2A949 #EAC27E #F3DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E2A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#E2A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A949

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A949	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc280',
    500: '#e2a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a949;
$custom-light: #efc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A949

secondary

#A5BCE2

accent

#7DEF39

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A949

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

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