#E9A05A#E9A05A
#E9A05A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.123 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A05A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 160, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.70, 20.24, 46.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.70, 51.00, 66.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.35% 0.0557 0.1092) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.35% 0.123 63) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0237, 43.2074, 15.4815) |
| Luminance | 0.4320 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.45
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.09
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.63
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.99
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.48
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A05A #5AA3E9
analogous
#E95A5B #E9A05A #E9E85A
triadic
#E9A05A #5AE9A0 #A05AE9
tetradic
#E9A05A #5BE95A #5AA3E9 #E85AE9
square
#E9A05A #5BE95A #5AA3E9 #E85AE9
split-complementary
#E9A05A #5AE9E8 #5A5BE9
monochromatic
#B16318 #E28124 #E9A05A #F0BF90 #F7DEC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E9A05A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E9A05A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A05A
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A05A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A05A | 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)
#B7A653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a05a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.123 63.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bc8a',
500: '#e9a05a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a05a; $custom-light: #f4bc8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a05a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 160,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.371,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76348,
"c": 0.12259,
"h": 63
},
"luminance": 0.43203
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A05A
secondary
#B6D0E9
accent
#75D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D