#E9A055#E9A055

#E9A055 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A055
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 19.91, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 53.09, 67.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.054 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.126 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8180, 43.1252, 14.3981)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A055 #559EE9

analogous

#E95655 #E9A055 #E8E955

triadic

#E9A055 #55E9A0 #A055E9

tetradic

#E9A055 #55E956 #559EE9 #E955E8

square

#E9A055 #55E956 #559EE9 #E955E8

split-complementary

#E9A055 #55E8E9 #5655E9

monochromatic

#AD6316 #E2821F #E9A055 #F0BE8B #F7DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E9A055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A055

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A055	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)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc87',
    500: '#e9a055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a055;
$custom-light: #f4bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A055

secondary

#B2CDE8

accent

#71D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A055

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

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