#E9A047#E9A047
#E9A047 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A047 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 160, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 79%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 70%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 69.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.50, 19.10, 55.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.50, 58.83, 71.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.14% 0.0496 0.1254) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.14% 0.135 68.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3158, 42.9243, 11.7533) |
| Luminance | 0.4292 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.84
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 4.90
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 4.92
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.23
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.23
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A047 #4790E9
analogous
#E94F47 #E9A047 #E1E947
triadic
#E9A047 #47E9A0 #A047E9
tetradic
#E9A047 #47E94F #4790E9 #E947E1
square
#E9A047 #47E94F #4790E9 #E947E1
split-complementary
#E9A047 #47E1E9 #4F47E9
monochromatic
#A26213 #D9831A #E9A047 #F0BC7E #F6D8B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E9A047 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.58
#E9A047 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A047
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A047 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A047 | 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)
#B8A53D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB649
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8F8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a047; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 71); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 68.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5bc7e',
500: '#e9a047',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a047; $custom-light: #f5bc7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a047",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 160,
"b": 71
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.963,
"s": 78.641,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76137,
"c": 0.13482,
"h": 68.4
},
"luminance": 0.4292
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A047
secondary
#A6C3E5
accent
#8AF533
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#18120A
muted
#86817C