#E2C161#E2C161

#E2C161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C161
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, 0.40, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 51.91, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0013 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5939, 55.1744, 19.1864)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C161 #6182E2

analogous

#E28061 #E2C161 #C2E261

triadic

#E2C161 #61E2C1 #C161E2

tetradic

#E2C161 #61E280 #6182E2 #E261C2

square

#E2C161 #61E280 #6182E2 #E261C2

split-complementary

#E2C161 #61C2E2 #8061E2

monochromatic

#A9861F #D9AD2D #E2C161 #EBD595 #F5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E2C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C161

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C161	1.00	1.74	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.74	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)

#D3BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed391',
    500: '#e2c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c161;
$custom-light: #eed391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82042,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C161

secondary

#3C58AB

accent

#45D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C161

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

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