#E9A263#E9A263

#E9A263 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A263
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 99)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 19.82, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 47.32, 65.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% 0.0557 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.116 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7797, 44.0691, 17.7390)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A263 #63AAE9

analogous

#E96367 #E9A263 #E9E563

triadic

#E9A263 #63E9A2 #A263E9

tetradic

#E9A263 #67E963 #63AAE9 #E563E9

square

#E9A263 #67E963 #63AAE9 #E563E9

split-complementary

#E9A263 #63E9E5 #6367E9

monochromatic

#B8641A #E1822D #E9A263 #F1C299 #F8E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#E9A263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A263

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A263	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)

#B8A85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd91',
    500: '#e9a263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a263;
$custom-light: #f4bd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.209,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76833,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A263

secondary

#BDD5EB

accent

#79D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120D

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A263

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

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