#E9A246#E9A246

#E9A246 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A246
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 17.99, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 59.37, 72.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0462 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.135 70)
XYZ	xyz(47.6334, 43.6106, 11.7021)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A246 #468DE9

analogous

#E95146 #E9A246 #DFE946

triadic

#E9A246 #46E9A2 #A246E9

tetradic

#E9A246 #46E951 #468DE9 #E946DF

square

#E9A246 #46E951 #468DE9 #E946DF

split-complementary

#E9A246 #46DFE9 #5146E9

monochromatic

#A16313 #D8851A #E9A246 #F0BD7D #F6D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E9A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A246

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A246	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)

#BAA63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd7e',
    500: '#e9a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a246;
$custom-light: #f5bd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.865,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76495,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A246

secondary

#A6C1E5

accent

#87F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A246

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

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