#E9A160#E9A160

#E9A160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A160
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 96)
HSL	hsl(28, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 20.13, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 48.53, 65.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0562 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.118 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4635, 43.6618, 16.9392)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A160 #60A8E9

analogous

#E96064 #E9A160 #E9E660

triadic

#E9A160 #60E9A1 #A160E9

tetradic

#E9A160 #64E960 #60A8E9 #E660E9

square

#E9A160 #64E960 #60A8E9 #E660E9

split-complementary

#E9A160 #60E9E6 #6064E9

monochromatic

#B56319 #E2812A #E9A160 #F0C196 #F8E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#E9A160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A160

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A160	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)

#B7A75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8f',
    500: '#e9a160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a160;
$custom-light: #f4bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.467,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76609,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A160

secondary

#BBD4EA

accent

#78D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A160

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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