#E9A25E#E9A25E

#E9A25E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A25E
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 94)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 19.45, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 49.41, 66.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0539 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.119 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5480, 43.9764, 16.5189)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A25E #5EA5E9

analogous

#E95E60 #E9A25E #E9E85E

triadic

#E9A25E #5EE9A2 #A25EE9

tetradic

#E9A25E #60E95E #5EA5E9 #E85EE9

square

#E9A25E #60E95E #5EA5E9 #E85EE9

split-complementary

#E9A25E #5EE9E8 #5E60E9

monochromatic

#B46519 #E28328 #E9A25E #F0C194 #F8E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E9A25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A25E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A25E	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)

#B8A758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8d',
    500: '#e9a25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a25e;
$custom-light: #f4bd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A25E

secondary

#B9D2EA

accent

#75D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A25E

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