#E9A157#E9A157

#E9A157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A157
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 19.51, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 52.30, 68.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0531 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.124 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0726, 43.5055, 14.8805)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A157 #579FE9

analogous

#E95857 #E9A157 #E8E957

triadic

#E9A157 #57E9A1 #A157E9

tetradic

#E9A157 #57E958 #579FE9 #E957E8

square

#E9A157 #57E958 #579FE9 #E957E8

split-complementary

#E9A157 #57E8E9 #5857E9

monochromatic

#AF6417 #E28321 #E9A157 #F0BF8D #F7DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E9A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A157

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A157	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#B8A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd89',
    500: '#e9a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a157;
$custom-light: #f4bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.411,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76493,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A157

secondary

#B3CEE8

accent

#71D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A157

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

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