#E9A044#E9A044

#E9A044 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A044
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 18.95, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 60.02, 71.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0488 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.137 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2219, 42.8867, 11.2587)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A044 #448DE9

analogous

#E94E44 #E9A044 #DFE944

triadic

#E9A044 #44E9A0 #A044E9

tetradic

#E9A044 #44E94E #448DE9 #E944DF

square

#E9A044 #44E94E #448DE9 #E944DF

split-complementary

#E9A044 #44DFE9 #4E44E9

monochromatic

#A06113 #D78319 #E9A044 #EFBC7B #F6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E9A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#E9A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A044

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A044	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7c',
    500: '#e9a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a044;
$custom-light: #f5bc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.455,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76109,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A044

secondary

#A4C1E5

accent

#89F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A044

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

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