#E2AA59#E2AA59

#E2AA59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2AA59
RGB	rgb(226, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 11.94, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 50.42, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0315 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.118 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5446, 45.6428, 15.7551)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2AA59 #5991E2

analogous

#E26659 #E2AA59 #D6E259

triadic

#E2AA59 #59E2AA #AA59E2

tetradic

#E2AA59 #59E266 #5991E2 #E259D6

square

#E2AA59 #59E266 #5991E2 #E259D6

split-complementary

#E2AA59 #59D6E2 #6659E2

monochromatic

#A46D1D #D88F26 #E2AA59 #EBC58D #F4DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E2AA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#E2AA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2AA59

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2AA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2AA59	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2aa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc38a',
    500: '#e2aa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2aa59;
$custom-light: #efc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2aa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.474,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77435,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2AA59

secondary

#B2C7E5

accent

#61D213

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2AA59

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

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