#E9A15E#E9A15E

#E9A15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A15E
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 94)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 19.99, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 49.37, 66.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0555 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.12 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3726, 43.6255, 16.4604)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A15E #5EA6E9

analogous

#E95E61 #E9A15E #E9E75E

triadic

#E9A15E #5EE9A1 #A15EE9

tetradic

#E9A15E #61E95E #5EA6E9 #E75EE9

square

#E9A15E #61E95E #5EA6E9 #E75EE9

split-complementary

#E9A15E #5EE9E7 #5E61E9

monochromatic

#B46419 #E28228 #E9A15E #F0C094 #F8E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E9A15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A15E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A15E	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)

#B7A758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8d',
    500: '#e9a15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a15e;
$custom-light: #f4bd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.921,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76582,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A15E

secondary

#B9D2EA

accent

#76D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

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