#E9A146#E9A146

#E9A146 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A146
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 70)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 18.52, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 59.30, 71.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0478 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.135 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4580, 43.2597, 11.6437)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A146 #468EE9

analogous

#E95046 #E9A146 #E0E946

triadic

#E9A146 #46E9A1 #A146E9

tetradic

#E9A146 #46E950 #468EE9 #E946E0

square

#E9A146 #46E950 #468EE9 #E946E0

split-complementary

#E9A146 #46E0E9 #5046E9

monochromatic

#A16313 #D8841A #E9A146 #F0BD7D #F6D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E9A146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E9A146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A146

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A146	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)

#B9A63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7e',
    500: '#e9a146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a146;
$custom-light: #f5bc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.497,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A146

secondary

#A6C2E5

accent

#89F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A146

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

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