#E9A15D#E9A15D
#E9A15D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A15D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 161, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 60.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.97, 19.92, 45.63) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.97, 49.79, 66.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.57% 0.0551 0.107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.57% 0.12 62.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.3280, 43.6077, 16.2256) |
| Luminance | 0.4360 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.30
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.15
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.77
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.77
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.67
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A15D #5DA5E9
analogous
#E95D5F #E9A15D #E9E75D
triadic
#E9A15D #5DE9A1 #A15DE9
tetradic
#E9A15D #5FE95D #5DA5E9 #E75DE9
square
#E9A15D #5FE95D #5DA5E9 #E75DE9
split-complementary
#E9A15D #5DE9E7 #5D5FE9
monochromatic
#B36418 #E28227 #E9A15D #F0C093 #F8E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A15D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.72
#E9A15D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A15D
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A15D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A15D | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.72 | 9.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A757
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a15d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 62.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd8d',
500: '#e9a15d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a15d; $custom-light: #f4bd8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a15d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 161,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.143,
"s": 76.087,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76569,
"c": 0.12035,
"h": 62.7
},
"luminance": 0.43604
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A15D
secondary
#B8D2E9
accent
#76D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D