#E9A15A#E9A15A
#E9A15A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.122 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A15A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 161, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.93, 19.71, 47.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.93, 51.04, 67.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.53% 0.0541 0.1098) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.53% 0.122 63.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1977, 43.5555, 15.5395) |
| Luminance | 0.4355 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.09
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.93
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.04
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.20
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A15A #5AA2E9
analogous
#E95A5A #E9A15A #E9E85A
triadic
#E9A15A #5AE9A1 #A15AE9
tetradic
#E9A15A #5AE95A #5AA2E9 #E85AE9
square
#E9A15A #5AE95A #5AA2E9 #E85AE9
split-complementary
#E9A15A #5AE9E8 #5A5AE9
monochromatic
#B16418 #E28224 #E9A15A #F0C090 #F7DFC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A15A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.71
#E9A15A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A15A
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A15A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A15A | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.71 | 9.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a15a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.122 63.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd8b',
500: '#e9a15a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a15a; $custom-light: #f4bd8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a15a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 161,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.79,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76531,
"c": 0.1224,
"h": 63.8
},
"luminance": 0.43552
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A15A
secondary
#B6D0E9
accent
#73D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D