#E9A24E#E9A24E

#E9A24E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.130 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A24E
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 18.42, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 56.11, 70.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0486 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.13 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9030, 43.7184, 13.1218)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A24E #4E95E9

analogous

#E9544E #E9A24E #E2E94E

triadic

#E9A24E #4EE9A2 #A24EE9

tetradic

#E9A24E #4EE954 #4E95E9 #E94EE2

square

#E9A24E #4EE954 #4E95E9 #E94EE2

split-complementary

#E9A24E #4EE2E9 #544EE9

monochromatic

#A86415 #DE851C #E9A24E #F0BF84 #F7DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E9A24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E9A24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A24E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A24E	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)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.130 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd83',
    500: '#e9a24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a24e;
$custom-light: #f5bd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.516,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76575,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A24E

secondary

#ACC7E7

accent

#6ADA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A24E

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

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