#E9A256#E9A256

#E9A256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A256
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 18.91, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 52.78, 69.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0512 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.125 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2075, 43.8402, 14.7253)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A256 #569DE9

analogous

#E95856 #E9A256 #E7E956

triadic

#E9A256 #56E9A2 #A256E9

tetradic

#E9A256 #56E958 #569DE9 #E956E7

square

#E9A256 #56E958 #569DE9 #E956E7

split-complementary

#E9A256 #56E7E9 #5856E9

monochromatic

#AE6517 #E28420 #E9A256 #F0C08C #F7DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#E9A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A256

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A256	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd88',
    500: '#e9a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a256;
$custom-light: #f4bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.02,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A256

secondary

#B3CCE8

accent

#6FD90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A256

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

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