#E9A046#E9A046

#E9A046 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A046
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 19.05, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 59.23, 71.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0493 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.135 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2839, 42.9116, 11.5856)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A046 #468FE9

analogous

#E94F46 #E9A046 #E0E946

triadic

#E9A046 #46E9A0 #A046E9

tetradic

#E9A046 #46E94F #468FE9 #E946E0

square

#E9A046 #46E94F #468FE9 #E946E0

split-complementary

#E9A046 #46E0E9 #4F46E9

monochromatic

#A16213 #D8831A #E9A046 #F0BC7D #F6D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E9A046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#E9A046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A046

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A046	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)

#B8A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7e',
    500: '#e9a046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a046;
$custom-light: #f5bc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.129,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76127,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A046

secondary

#A6C2E5

accent

#8AF533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A046

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

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