#E9A156#E9A156

#E9A156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A156
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 19.44, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 52.72, 68.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0527 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.125 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0320, 43.4893, 14.6669)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A156 #569EE9

analogous

#E95756 #E9A156 #E8E956

triadic

#E9A156 #56E9A1 #A156E9

tetradic

#E9A156 #56E957 #569EE9 #E956E8

square

#E9A156 #56E957 #569EE9 #E956E8

split-complementary

#E9A156 #56E8E9 #5756E9

monochromatic

#AE6417 #E28320 #E9A156 #F0BF8C #F7DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E9A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E9A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A156

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A156	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd88',
    500: '#e9a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a156;
$custom-light: #f4bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76481,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A156

secondary

#B3CDE8

accent

#71D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A156

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

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