#E2C160#E2C160

#E2C160 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.122 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C160
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, 0.32, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 52.37, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0016 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.122 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5476, 55.1559, 18.9424)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C160 #6081E2

analogous

#E28060 #E2C160 #C2E260

triadic

#E2C160 #60E2C1 #C160E2

tetradic

#E2C160 #60E280 #6081E2 #E260C2

square

#E2C160 #60E280 #6081E2 #E260C2

split-complementary

#E2C160 #60C2E2 #8060E2

monochromatic

#A9861F #D9AD2C #E2C160 #EBD594 #F5E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E2C160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C160

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C160	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.122 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed390',
    500: '#e2c160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c160;
$custom-light: #eed390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8203,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C160

secondary

#3B58AB

accent

#44D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C160

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

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