#E9A249#E9A249

#E9A249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A249
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 18.14, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 58.16, 71.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0471 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.133 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7305, 43.6494, 12.2134)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A249 #4990E9

analogous

#E95249 #E9A249 #E0E949

triadic

#E9A249 #49E9A2 #A249E9

tetradic

#E9A249 #49E952 #4990E9 #E949E0

square

#E9A249 #49E952 #4990E9 #E949E0

split-complementary

#E9A249 #49E0E9 #5249E9

monochromatic

#A46414 #DA851A #E9A249 #F0BE80 #F6DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#E9A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A249

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A249	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd80',
    500: '#e9a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a249;
$custom-light: #f5bd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.375,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A249

secondary

#A8C3E6

accent

#89F533

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A249

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