#E9A161#E9A161

#E9A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A161
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 20.20, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 48.12, 65.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0565 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.118 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5098, 43.6804, 17.1832)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A161 #61A9E9

analogous

#E96165 #E9A161 #E9E561

triadic

#E9A161 #61E9A1 #A161E9

tetradic

#E9A161 #65E961 #61A9E9 #E561E9

square

#E9A161 #65E961 #61A9E9 #E561E9

split-complementary

#E9A161 #61E9E5 #6165E9

monochromatic

#B66319 #E2812B #E9A161 #F0C197 #F8E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E9A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A161

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A161	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8f',
    500: '#e9a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a161;
$custom-light: #f4bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A161

secondary

#BCD4EA

accent

#79D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A161

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

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