#E9A16E#E9A16E

#E9A16E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A16E
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 110)
HSL	hsl(25, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(25, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 21.24, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 42.80, 60.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0613 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.109 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1664, 43.9430, 20.6412)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A16E #6EB6E9

analogous

#E96E79 #E9A16E #E9DF6E

triadic

#E9A16E #6EE9A1 #A16EE9

tetradic

#E9A16E #79E96E #6EB6E9 #DF6EE9

square

#E9A16E #79E96E #6EB6E9 #DF6EE9

split-complementary

#E9A16E #6EE9DF #6E79E9

monochromatic

#C0601D #E17F39 #E9A16E #F1C3A3 #F9E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E9A16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A16E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A16E	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd98',
    500: '#e9a16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a16e;
$custom-light: #f3bd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.878,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76817,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A16E

secondary

#C6DDED

accent

#84D610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A16E

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

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