#E9A059#E9A059

#E9A059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.123 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A059
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 20.17, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 51.42, 66.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0553 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.123 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9814, 43.1905, 15.2588)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A059 #59A2E9

analogous

#E9595A #E9A059 #E9E859

triadic

#E9A059 #59E9A0 #A059E9

tetradic

#E9A059 #5AE959 #59A2E9 #E859E9

square

#E9A059 #5AE959 #59A2E9 #E859E9

split-complementary

#E9A059 #59E9E8 #595AE9

monochromatic

#B06317 #E28123 #E9A059 #F0BF8F #F7DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#E9A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A059

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A059	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.123 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc8a',
    500: '#e9a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a059;
$custom-light: #f4bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A059

secondary

#B5CFE9

accent

#74D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A059

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

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