#E9855B#E9855B

#E9855B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9855B
RGB	rgb(233, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(18, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 34.56, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 52.16, 48.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.099 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.135 43)
XYZ	xyz(43.8835, 34.8586, 14.3128)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9855B #5BBFE9

analogous

#E95B78 #E9855B #E9CC5B

triadic

#E9855B #5BE985 #855BE9

tetradic

#E9855B #78E95B #5BBFE9 #CC5BE9

square

#E9855B #78E95B #5BBFE9 #CC5BE9

split-complementary

#E9855B #5BE9CC #5B78E9

monochromatic

#B24518 #E25D25 #E9855B #F0AD91 #F7D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E9855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#E9855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9855B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9855B	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a98a',
    500: '#e9855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9855b;
$custom-light: #f5a98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9855B

secondary

#B7DAE9

accent

#9CD90D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9855B

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

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