#E9A25B#E9A25B

#E9A25B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A25B
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 91)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 19.24, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 50.68, 67.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0529 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.122 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4160, 43.9236, 15.8237)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A25B #5BA2E9

analogous

#E95B5B #E9A25B #E9E95B

triadic

#E9A25B #5BE9A2 #A25BE9

tetradic

#E9A25B #5BE95B #5BA2E9 #E95BE9

square

#E9A25B #5BE95B #5BA2E9 #E95BE9

split-complementary

#E9A25B #5BE9E9 #5B5BE9

monochromatic

#B26518 #E28325 #E9A25B #F0C191 #F7DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#E9A25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A25B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A25B	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)

#B9A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8b',
    500: '#e9a25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a25b;
$custom-light: #f4bd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76726,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A25B

secondary

#B7D0E9

accent

#73D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A25B

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

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