#E9A257#E9A257

#E9A257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.124 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A257
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 18.98, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 52.36, 68.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0515 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.124 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2480, 43.8564, 14.9390)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A257 #579EE9

analogous

#E95957 #E9A257 #E7E957

triadic

#E9A257 #57E9A2 #A257E9

tetradic

#E9A257 #57E959 #579EE9 #E957E7

square

#E9A257 #57E959 #579EE9 #E957E7

split-complementary

#E9A257 #57E7E9 #5957E9

monochromatic

#AF6517 #E28421 #E9A257 #F0C08D #F7DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#E9A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A257

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A257	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)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.124 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd89',
    500: '#e9a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a257;
$custom-light: #f4bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.822,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76677,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A257

secondary

#B3CDE8

accent

#70D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A257

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

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