#E2AA40#E2AA40

#E2AA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AA40
RGB	rgb(226, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, 10.47, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 60.97, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.0239 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.136 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6672, 45.2919, 11.1338)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AA40 #4078E2

analogous

#E25940 #E2AA40 #C9E240

triadic

#E2AA40 #40E2AA #AA40E2

tetradic

#E2AA40 #40E259 #4078E2 #E240C9

square

#E2AA40 #40E259 #4078E2 #E240C9

split-complementary

#E2AA40 #40C9E2 #5940E2

monochromatic

#926716 #C78C1E #E2AA40 #EAC275 #F2D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E2AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#E2AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AA40

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AA40	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c37b',
    500: '#e2aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2aa40;
$custom-light: #f0c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.259,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77182,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AA40

secondary

#9EB5E0

accent

#77F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AA40

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

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