#E9A05E#E9A05E

#E9A05E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A05E
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 20.52, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 49.33, 65.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0571 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.12 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1985, 43.2774, 16.4024)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A05E #5EA7E9

analogous

#E95E62 #E9A05E #E9E55E

triadic

#E9A05E #5EE9A0 #A05EE9

tetradic

#E9A05E #62E95E #5EA7E9 #E55EE9

square

#E9A05E #62E95E #5EA7E9 #E55EE9

split-complementary

#E9A05E #5EE9E5 #5E62E9

monochromatic

#B46219 #E28028 #E9A05E #F0C094 #F8E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E9A05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A05E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A05E	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)

#B7A658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc8d',
    500: '#e9a05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a05e;
$custom-light: #f4bc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.489,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.764,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A05E

secondary

#B9D3EA

accent

#78D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A05E

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

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