#E9955A#E9955A

#E9955A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9955A
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 90)
HSL	hsl(25, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 26.08, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 50.99, 59.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0732 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.126 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2004, 39.5610, 14.8737)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9955A #5AAEE9

analogous

#E95A66 #E9955A #E9DC5A

triadic

#E9955A #5AE995 #955AE9

tetradic

#E9955A #66E95A #5AAEE9 #DC5AE9

square

#E9955A #66E95A #5AAEE9 #DC5AE9

split-complementary

#E9955A #5AE9DC #5A66E9

monochromatic

#B15718 #E27224 #E9955A #F0B890 #F7DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E9955A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#E9955A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9955A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9955A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9955A	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9955a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b48a',
    500: '#e9955a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9955a;
$custom-light: #f5b48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9955a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.755,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74379,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9955A

secondary

#B6D4E9

accent

#85D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9955A

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

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