#E9A24C#E9A24C
#E9A24C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A24C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 162, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 67.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.02, 18.31, 53.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.02, 56.94, 71.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.55% 0.048 0.1225) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.55% 0.132 68.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8324, 43.6901, 12.7499) |
| Luminance | 0.4369 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.78
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.05
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.14
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.17
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A24C #4C93E9
analogous
#E9534C #E9A24C #E2E94C
triadic
#E9A24C #4CE9A2 #A24CE9
tetradic
#E9A24C #4CE953 #4C93E9 #E94CE2
square
#E9A24C #4CE953 #4C93E9 #E94CE2
split-complementary
#E9A24C #4CE2E9 #534CE9
monochromatic
#A66414 #DD851B #E9A24C #F0BE83 #F6DBB9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E9A24C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.74
#E9A24C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A24C
9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A24C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A24C | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.74 | 9.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA743
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB74E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD918F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a24c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 68.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5bd82',
500: '#e9a24c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a24c; $custom-light: #f5bd82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a24c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 162,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.866,
"s": 78.109,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76554,
"c": 0.13157,
"h": 68.6
},
"luminance": 0.43686
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A24C
secondary
#ABC6E6
accent
#69DA0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C