#E9A244#E9A244

#E9A244 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A244
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 17.89, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 60.16, 72.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0456 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.137 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5714, 43.5857, 11.3752)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A244 #448BE9

analogous

#E95044 #E9A244 #DDE944

triadic

#E9A244 #44E9A2 #A244E9

tetradic

#E9A244 #44E950 #448BE9 #E944DD

square

#E9A244 #44E950 #448BE9 #E944DD

split-complementary

#E9A244 #44DDE9 #5044E9

monochromatic

#A06313 #D78519 #E9A244 #EFBD7B #F6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E9A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A244

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A244	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd7d',
    500: '#e9a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a244;
$custom-light: #f5bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.182,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76477,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A244

secondary

#A4C0E5

accent

#86F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A244

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