#E9A262#E9A262

#E9A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A262
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 19.75, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 47.74, 65.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0553 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.117 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7322, 44.0500, 17.4888)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A262 #62A9E9

analogous

#E96266 #E9A262 #E9E562

triadic

#E9A262 #62E9A2 #A262E9

tetradic

#E9A262 #66E962 #62A9E9 #E562E9

square

#E9A262 #66E962 #62A9E9 #E562E9

split-complementary

#E9A262 #62E9E5 #6266E9

monochromatic

#B7641A #E1822C #E9A262 #F1C298 #F8E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#E9A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A262

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A262	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)

#B8A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd90',
    500: '#e9a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a262;
$custom-light: #f4bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76819,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A262

secondary

#BCD5EA

accent

#78D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120D

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A262

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

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