#E9955B#E9955B

#E9955B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.125 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9955B
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 91)
HSL	hsl(25, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 26.15, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 50.60, 58.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0735 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.125 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2433, 39.5781, 15.0994)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9955B #5BAFE9

analogous

#E95B68 #E9955B #E9DC5B

triadic

#E9955B #5BE995 #955BE9

tetradic

#E9955B #68E95B #5BAFE9 #DC5BE9

square

#E9955B #68E95B #5BAFE9 #DC5BE9

split-complementary

#E9955B #5BE9DC #5B68E9

monochromatic

#B25718 #E27225 #E9955B #F0B891 #F7DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E9955B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#E9955B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9955B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9955B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9955B	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)

#AD9E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9955b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.125 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b48b',
    500: '#e9955b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9955b;
$custom-light: #f4b48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9955b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.507,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74392,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9955B

secondary

#B7D5E9

accent

#85D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9955B

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

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