#E9A158#E9A158
#E9A158 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A158 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 161, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 77%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 62.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.91, 19.57, 48.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.91, 51.88, 67.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.51% 0.0534 0.1117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.51% 0.124 64.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1137, 43.5219, 15.0972) |
| Luminance | 0.4352 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.10
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.92
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.07
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.26
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A158 #58A0E9
analogous
#E95858 #E9A158 #E9E958
triadic
#E9A158 #58E9A1 #A158E9
tetradic
#E9A158 #58E958 #58A0E9 #E958E9
square
#E9A158 #58E958 #58A0E9 #E958E9
split-complementary
#E9A158 #58E9E9 #5858E9
monochromatic
#AF6417 #E28322 #E9A158 #F0BF8E #F7DEC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A158 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.70
#E9A158 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A158
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A158 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A158 | 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)
#B8A651
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B759
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD9190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a158; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 64.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd89',
500: '#e9a158',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a158; $custom-light: #f4bd89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a158",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 161,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.207,
"s": 76.72,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76506,
"c": 0.12376,
"h": 64.4
},
"luminance": 0.43518
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A158
secondary
#B4CEE8
accent
#72D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D