#E2A951#E2A951

#E2A951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A951
RGB	rgb(226, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 11.94, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 53.78, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0304 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.124 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0400, 45.1422, 14.0188)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A951 #518AE2

analogous

#E26051 #E2A951 #D2E251

triadic

#E2A951 #51E2A9 #A951E2

tetradic

#E2A951 #51E260 #518AE2 #E251D2

square

#E2A951 #51E260 #518AE2 #E251D2

split-complementary

#E2A951 #51D2E2 #6051E2

monochromatic

#9E6A1A #D38E23 #E2A951 #EBC385 #F3DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E2A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#E2A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A951

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A951	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc285',
    500: '#e2a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a951;
$custom-light: #efc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A951

secondary

#ACC1E3

accent

#5ED312

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A951

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

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