#E9A151#E9A151

#E9A151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.128 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A151
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 19.13, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 54.80, 69.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0511 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.128 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8376, 43.4115, 13.6428)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A151 #5199E9

analogous

#E95551 #E9A151 #E5E951

triadic

#E9A151 #51E9A1 #A151E9

tetradic

#E9A151 #51E955 #5199E9 #E951E5

square

#E9A151 #51E955 #5199E9 #E951E5

split-complementary

#E9A151 #51E5E9 #5551E9

monochromatic

#AA6416 #E0841C #E9A151 #F0BE87 #F7DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E9A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E9A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A151

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A151	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.128 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc85',
    500: '#e9a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a151;
$custom-light: #f5bc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76424,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A151

secondary

#AFC9E7

accent

#6DDA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A151

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

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