#E9A15F#E9A15F
#E9A15F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A15F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 161, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.99, 20.06, 44.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.99, 48.95, 65.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.6% 0.0558 0.1051) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.6% 0.119 62) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4177, 43.6436, 16.6983) |
| Luminance | 0.4364 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.25
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.63
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.71
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.02
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A15F #5FA7E9
analogous
#E95F62 #E9A15F #E9E65F
triadic
#E9A15F #5FE9A1 #A15FE9
tetradic
#E9A15F #62E95F #5FA7E9 #E65FE9
square
#E9A15F #62E95F #5FA7E9 #E65FE9
split-complementary
#E9A15F #5FE9E6 #5F62E9
monochromatic
#B56319 #E28129 #E9A15F #F0C195 #F8E0CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A15F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.73
#E9A15F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A15F
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A15F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A15F | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.73 | 9.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A759
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a15f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 62.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd8e',
500: '#e9a15f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a15f; $custom-light: #f4bd8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a15f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 161,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.696,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76596,
"c": 0.11898,
"h": 62
},
"luminance": 0.4364
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A15F
secondary
#BAD3EA
accent
#77D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D