#E9A254#E9A254

#E9A254 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A254
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 84)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 18.78, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 53.62, 69.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0505 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.126 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1280, 43.8084, 14.3069)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A254 #549BE9

analogous

#E95754 #E9A254 #E6E954

triadic

#E9A254 #54E9A2 #A254E9

tetradic

#E9A254 #54E957 #549BE9 #E954E6

square

#E9A254 #54E957 #549BE9 #E954E6

split-complementary

#E9A254 #54E6E9 #5754E9

monochromatic

#AC6516 #E2851E #E9A254 #F0BF8A #F7DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#E9A254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A254

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A254	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd87',
    500: '#e9a254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a254;
$custom-light: #f4bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.409,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76641,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A254

secondary

#B1CBE8

accent

#6ED90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A254

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

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