#E9A25D#E9A25D
#E9A25D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A25D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 162, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 60.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.20, 19.38, 45.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.20, 49.83, 67.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.75% 0.0535 0.1076) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.75% 0.12 63.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5034, 43.9586, 16.2841) |
| Luminance | 0.4395 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.14
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.70
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.17
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.39
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A25D #5DA4E9
analogous
#E95D5E #E9A25D #E9E85D
triadic
#E9A25D #5DE9A2 #A25DE9
tetradic
#E9A25D #5EE95D #5DA4E9 #E85DE9
square
#E9A25D #5EE95D #5DA4E9 #E85DE9
split-complementary
#E9A25D #5DE9E8 #5D5EE9
monochromatic
#B36518 #E28327 #E9A25D #F0C193 #F8E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E9A25D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.79
#E9A25D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A25D
9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A25D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A25D | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.79 | 9.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A757
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a25d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 63.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd8d',
500: '#e9a25d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a25d; $custom-light: #f4bd8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a25d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 162,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.571,
"s": 76.087,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76752,
"c": 0.12018,
"h": 63.5
},
"luminance": 0.43955
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A25D
secondary
#B8D1E9
accent
#74D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D