#E9A162#E9A162

#E9A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A162
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 20.28, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 47.70, 64.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0569 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.117 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5567, 43.6991, 17.4303)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A162 #62AAE9

analogous

#E96267 #E9A162 #E9E562

triadic

#E9A162 #62E9A1 #A162E9

tetradic

#E9A162 #67E962 #62AAE9 #E562E9

square

#E9A162 #67E962 #62AAE9 #E562E9

split-complementary

#E9A162 #62E9E5 #6267E9

monochromatic

#B7631A #E1812C #E9A162 #F1C198 #F8E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E9A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A162

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A162	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)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd90',
    500: '#e9a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a162;
$custom-light: #f4bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A162

secondary

#BCD5EA

accent

#79D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A162

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

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