#E9A250#E9A250

#E9A250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.129 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A250
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 18.54, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 55.29, 70.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0492 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.129 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9758, 43.7475, 13.5052)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A250 #5097E9

analogous

#E95650 #E9A250 #E3E950

triadic

#E9A250 #50E9A2 #A250E9

tetradic

#E9A250 #50E956 #5097E9 #E950E3

square

#E9A250 #50E956 #5097E9 #E950E3

split-complementary

#E9A250 #50E3E9 #5650E9

monochromatic

#A96515 #E0851C #E9A250 #F0BF86 #F7DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E9A250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A250

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A250	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.129 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bd84',
    500: '#e9a250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a250;
$custom-light: #f5bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.157,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76597,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A250

secondary

#AEC8E7

accent

#6BDA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A250

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

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