#E9A053#E9A053

#E9A053 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A053
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 19.78, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 53.92, 68.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0533 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.127 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7396, 43.0938, 13.9856)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A053 #539CE9

analogous

#E95553 #E9A053 #E7E953

triadic

#E9A053 #53E9A0 #A053E9

tetradic

#E9A053 #53E955 #539CE9 #E953E7

square

#E9A053 #53E955 #539CE9 #E953E7

split-complementary

#E9A053 #53E7E9 #5553E9

monochromatic

#AC6316 #E2821D #E9A053 #F0BE89 #F7DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E9A053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A053

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A053	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc86',
    500: '#e9a053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a053;
$custom-light: #f4bc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76263,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A053

secondary

#B0CBE8

accent

#70DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A053

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

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