#E9A05B#E9A05B
#E9A05B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A05B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 160, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.71, 20.31, 46.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.71, 50.58, 66.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.36% 0.056 0.1083) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.36% 0.122 62.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0665, 43.2246, 15.7072) |
| Luminance | 0.4322 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.34
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.11
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.54
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.94
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.64
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A05B #5BA4E9
analogous
#E95B5D #E9A05B #E9E75B
triadic
#E9A05B #5BE9A0 #A05BE9
tetradic
#E9A05B #5DE95B #5BA4E9 #E75BE9
square
#E9A05B #5DE95B #5BA4E9 #E75BE9
split-complementary
#E9A05B #5BE9E7 #5B5DE9
monochromatic
#B26318 #E28125 #E9A05B #F0BF91 #F7DFC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E9A05B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E9A05B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A05B
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A05B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A05B | 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)
#B7A655
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a05b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 62.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bc8b',
500: '#e9a05b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a05b; $custom-light: #f4bc8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a05b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 160,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.155,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76361,
"c": 0.12191,
"h": 62.6
},
"luminance": 0.43221
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A05B
secondary
#B7D1E9
accent
#76D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D