#E9A056#E9A056

#E9A056 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.125 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A056
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, 19.97, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 52.67, 67.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0543 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.125 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8580, 43.1412, 14.6088)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A056 #569FE9

analogous

#E95756 #E9A056 #E8E956

triadic

#E9A056 #56E9A0 #A056E9

tetradic

#E9A056 #56E957 #569FE9 #E956E8

square

#E9A056 #56E957 #569FE9 #E956E8

split-complementary

#E9A056 #56E8E9 #5756E9

monochromatic

#AE6317 #E28220 #E9A056 #F0BE8C #F7DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#E9A056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A056

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A056	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.125 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc88',
    500: '#e9a056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a056;
$custom-light: #f4bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.204,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76299,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A056

secondary

#B3CDE8

accent

#72D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A056

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

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