#E9A05C#E9A05C
#E9A05C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A05C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 160, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 60.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.72, 20.38, 45.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.72, 50.17, 66.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.37% 0.0564 0.1073) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.37% 0.121 62.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1099, 43.2419, 15.9359) |
| Luminance | 0.4324 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.15
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.46
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.90
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.80
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A05C #5CA5E9
analogous
#E95C5E #E9A05C #E9E65C
triadic
#E9A05C #5CE9A0 #A05CE9
tetradic
#E9A05C #5EE95C #5CA5E9 #E65CE9
square
#E9A05C #5EE95C #5CA5E9 #E65CE9
split-complementary
#E9A05C #5CE9E6 #5C5EE9
monochromatic
#B36318 #E28126 #E9A05C #F0BF92 #F8DFC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E9A05C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.65
#E9A05C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A05C
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A05C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A05C | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.65 | 9.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A656
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a05c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 62.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bc8c',
500: '#e9a05c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a05c; $custom-light: #f4bc8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a05c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 160,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.936,
"s": 76.216,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76374,
"c": 0.12124,
"h": 62.3
},
"luminance": 0.43238
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A05C
secondary
#B8D1E9
accent
#76D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D