#E9A048#E9A048

#E9A048 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A048
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 19.15, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 58.43, 70.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0499 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.134 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3481, 42.9372, 11.9237)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A048 #4891E9

analogous

#E94F48 #E9A048 #E2E948

triadic

#E9A048 #48E9A0 #A048E9

tetradic

#E9A048 #48E94F #4891E9 #E948E2

square

#E9A048 #48E94F #4891E9 #E948E2

split-complementary

#E9A048 #48E2E9 #4F48E9

monochromatic

#A36214 #DA831A #E9A048 #F0BC7F #F6D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E9A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#E9A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A048

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A048	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7f',
    500: '#e9a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a048;
$custom-light: #f5bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.795,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76147,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A048

secondary

#A7C4E6

accent

#8BF533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A048

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

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