#E2C162#E2C162

#E2C162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.120 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C162
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, 0.47, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 51.45, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0009 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.12 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6409, 55.1932, 19.4335)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C162 #6283E2

analogous

#E28162 #E2C162 #C3E262

triadic

#E2C162 #62E2C1 #C162E2

tetradic

#E2C162 #62E281 #6283E2 #E262C3

square

#E2C162 #62E281 #6283E2 #E262C3

split-complementary

#E2C162 #62C3E2 #8162E2

monochromatic

#AA861F #D8AD2E #E2C162 #ECD596 #F5EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E2C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C162

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C162	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.120 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed391',
    500: '#e2c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c162;
$custom-light: #eed391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82054,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C162

secondary

#3C59AC

accent

#45D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C162

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

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