#E9A15B#E9A15B
#E9A15B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.122 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A15B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 161, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.94, 19.78, 46.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.94, 50.63, 67.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.54% 0.0544 0.1089) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.54% 0.122 63.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.2406, 43.5727, 15.7652) |
| Luminance | 0.4357 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.52
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.09
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.86
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.95
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.35
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 7.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A15B #5BA3E9
analogous
#E95B5C #E9A15B #E9E85B
triadic
#E9A15B #5BE9A1 #A15BE9
tetradic
#E9A15B #5CE95B #5BA3E9 #E85BE9
square
#E9A15B #5CE95B #5BA3E9 #E85BE9
split-complementary
#E9A15B #5BE9E8 #5B5CE9
monochromatic
#B26418 #E28225 #E9A15B #F0C091 #F7DFC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A15B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.71
#E9A15B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A15B
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A15B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A15B | 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)
#B8A754
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a15b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.122 63.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd8b',
500: '#e9a15b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a15b; $custom-light: #f4bd8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a15b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 161,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.577,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76543,
"c": 0.12173,
"h": 63.4
},
"luminance": 0.43569
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A15B
secondary
#B7D0E9
accent
#74D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D