#E9A261#E9A261

#E9A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A261
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 19.67, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 48.15, 65.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.055 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.117 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6853, 44.0313, 17.2417)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A261 #61A8E9

analogous

#E96164 #E9A261 #E9E661

triadic

#E9A261 #61E9A2 #A261E9

tetradic

#E9A261 #64E961 #61A8E9 #E661E9

square

#E9A261 #64E961 #61A8E9 #E661E9

split-complementary

#E9A261 #61E9E6 #6164E9

monochromatic

#B66419 #E2822B #E9A261 #F0C297 #F8E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#E9A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A261

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A261	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd8f',
    500: '#e9a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a261;
$custom-light: #f4bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.676,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76806,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A261

secondary

#BCD4EA

accent

#77D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A261

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

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