#e2a02d

Color #e2a02d

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 7.58 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e2a02d

RGB

rgb(226, 160, 45)

HSL

hsl(38.1, 75.7%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.1, 80.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 80.1%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(70.53, 15.03, 64.88)

LCH

lch(70.53, 66.6, 76.96)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1443, 76)

HWB

hwb(38.1, 17.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2d6fe2

Analogous

#e2452d

#e2a02d

#c9e22d

Triadic

#e2a02d

#2de2a0

#a02de2

Split-complementary

#e2a02d

#2dc9e2

#452de2

Tetradic

#e2a02d

#6fe22d

#2d6fe2

#a02de2

Square

#e2a02d

#2de245

#2d6fe2

#e22dc9

Shades

Color #e2a02d mixed toward black.

#c6881b

#9f6d16

#775210

#4f360b

#281b05

Tints

Color #e2a02d mixed toward white.

#e7b050

#ecc073

#f0cf96

#f5dfb9

#faefdc

Tones

Color #e2a02d mixed toward gray.

#d39c3c

#c4984b

#b5945a

#a69069

#968b78

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c85b · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#ccd163 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#df7276 · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e2a02d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2a02d]

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Frequently asked questions

#e2a02d (#e2a02d) is rgb(226, 160, 45) in RGB.

No, #e2a02d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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