#E9A259#E9A259

#E9A259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.123 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A259
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 19.11, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 51.52, 68.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% 0.0522 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.123 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3309, 43.8895, 15.3753)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A259 #59A0E9

analogous

#E95A59 #E9A259 #E8E959

triadic

#E9A259 #59E9A2 #A259E9

tetradic

#E9A259 #59E95A #59A0E9 #E959E8

square

#E9A259 #59E95A #59A0E9 #E959E8

split-complementary

#E9A259 #59E8E9 #5A59E9

monochromatic

#B06517 #E28423 #E9A259 #F0C08F #F7DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#E9A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A259

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A259	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.123 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8a',
    500: '#e9a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a259;
$custom-light: #f4bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76701,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A259

secondary

#B5CFE9

accent

#71D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A259

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

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