#E9A245#E9A245

#E9A245 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A245
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 17.94, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 59.77, 72.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0459 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.136 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6021, 43.5980, 11.5373)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A245 #458CE9

analogous

#E95045 #E9A245 #DEE945

triadic

#E9A245 #45E9A2 #A245E9

tetradic

#E9A245 #45E950 #458CE9 #E945DE

square

#E9A245 #45E950 #458CE9 #E945DE

split-complementary

#E9A245 #45DEE9 #5045E9

monochromatic

#A16313 #D78519 #E9A245 #EFBD7C #F6D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E9A245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A245

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A245	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)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd7d',
    500: '#e9a245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a245;
$custom-light: #f5bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.024,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A245

secondary

#A5C1E5

accent

#87F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A245

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

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