#E9A252#E9A252

#E9A252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.128 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A252
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 18.66, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 54.45, 69.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0498 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.128 67)
XYZ	xyz(48.0508, 43.7775, 13.9002)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A252 #5299E9

analogous

#E95752 #E9A252 #E5E952

triadic

#E9A252 #52E9A2 #A252E9

tetradic

#E9A252 #52E957 #5299E9 #E952E5

square

#E9A252 #52E957 #5299E9 #E952E5

split-complementary

#E9A252 #52E5E9 #5752E9

monochromatic

#AB6516 #E1851D #E9A252 #F0BF88 #F7DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E9A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A252

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A252	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)

#B9A74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.128 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd85',
    500: '#e9a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a252;
$custom-light: #f4bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.788,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.43773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A252

secondary

#AFCAE7

accent

#6DDA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A252

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

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