#E9A06E#E9A06E
#E9A06E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.109 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A06E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 160, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 52.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.96, 21.77, 36.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.96, 42.82, 59.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.63% 0.0629 0.0891) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.63% 0.109 54.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9923, 43.5949, 20.5832) |
| Luminance | 0.4359 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.17
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.71
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.17
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.07
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.13
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A06E #6EB7E9
analogous
#E96E7A #E9A06E #E9DD6E
triadic
#E9A06E #6EE9A0 #A06EE9
tetradic
#E9A06E #7AE96E #6EB7E9 #DD6EE9
square
#E9A06E #7AE96E #6EB7E9 #DD6EE9
split-complementary
#E9A06E #6EE9DD #6E7AE9
monochromatic
#C05F1D #E17D39 #E9A06E #F1C3A3 #F9E6D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A06E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.72
#E9A06E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A06E
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A06E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A06E | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.72 | 9.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A76A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B76E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9294
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a06e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.109 54.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bc98',
500: '#e9a06e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a06e; $custom-light: #f3bc98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a06e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 160,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.39,
"s": 73.653,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76635,
"c": 0.10905,
"h": 54.8
},
"luminance": 0.43591
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A06E
secondary
#C6DDED
accent
#85D610
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E