#E9A145#E9A145

#E9A145 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.136 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A145
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 18.47, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 59.69, 71.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0475 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.136 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4267, 43.2471, 11.4788)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A145 #458DE9

analogous

#E94F45 #E9A145 #DFE945

triadic

#E9A145 #45E9A1 #A145E9

tetradic

#E9A145 #45E94F #458DE9 #E945DF

square

#E9A145 #45E94F #458DE9 #E945DF

split-complementary

#E9A145 #45DFE9 #4F45E9

monochromatic

#A16213 #D78419 #E9A145 #EFBD7C #F6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E9A145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A145

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A145	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)

#B9A63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.136 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7d',
    500: '#e9a145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a145;
$custom-light: #f5bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.659,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A145

secondary

#A5C1E5

accent

#88F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A145

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

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