#E9A25F#E9A25F
#E9A25F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A25F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 162, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.22, 19.53, 44.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.22, 48.99, 66.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.78% 0.0542 0.1057) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.78% 0.119 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5932, 43.9944, 16.7567) |
| Luminance | 0.4399 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.31
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.21
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.61
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.01
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.72
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A25F #5FA6E9
analogous
#E95F61 #E9A25F #E9E75F
triadic
#E9A25F #5FE9A2 #A25FE9
tetradic
#E9A25F #61E95F #5FA6E9 #E75FE9
square
#E9A25F #61E95F #5FA6E9 #E75FE9
split-complementary
#E9A25F #5FE9E7 #5F61E9
monochromatic
#B56519 #E28329 #E9A25F #F0C195 #F8E1CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E9A25F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.80
#E9A25F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A25F
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A25F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A25F | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A759
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B860
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a25f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bd8e',
500: '#e9a25f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a25f; $custom-light: #f4bd8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a25f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 162,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.13,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76778,
"c": 0.1188,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.43991
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A25F
secondary
#BAD3EA
accent
#76D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D