#E2AA28#E2AA28

#E2AA28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.148 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AA28
RGB	rgb(226, 170, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 9.55, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 69.28, 82.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0186 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.148 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1250, 45.0750, 8.2781)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AA28 #2860E2

analogous

#E24D28 #E2AA28 #BDE228

triadic

#E2AA28 #28E2AA #AA28E2

tetradic

#E2AA28 #28E24D #2860E2 #E228BD

square

#E2AA28 #28E24D #2860E2 #E228BD

split-complementary

#E2AA28 #28BDE2 #4D28E2

monochromatic

#7F5E11 #B48518 #E2AA28 #E9BF5E #F1D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E2AA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#E2AA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AA28

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AA28	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)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2aa28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 170, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.148 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c26e',
    500: '#e2aa28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2aa28;
$custom-light: #f1c26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2aa28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.935,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AA28

secondary

#8AA3DC

accent

#6EF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AA28

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

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