#E9A144#E9A144

#E9A144 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.137 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A144
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 18.42, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 60.09, 72.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0472 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.137 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3959, 43.2348, 11.3167)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A144 #448CE9

analogous

#E94F44 #E9A144 #DFE944

triadic

#E9A144 #44E9A1 #A144E9

tetradic

#E9A144 #44E94F #448CE9 #E944DF

square

#E9A144 #44E94F #448CE9 #E944DF

split-complementary

#E9A144 #44DFE9 #4F44E9

monochromatic

#A06213 #D78419 #E9A144 #EFBD7B #F6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E9A144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A144

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A144	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)

#B9A639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.137 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7d',
    500: '#e9a144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a144;
$custom-light: #f5bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76293,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A144

secondary

#A4C0E5

accent

#87F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A144

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

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