#E9A265#E9A265

#E9A265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.115 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A265
RGB	rgb(233, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, 19.98, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 46.48, 64.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0564 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.115 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8765, 44.1078, 18.2488)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A265 #65ACE9

analogous

#E9656A #E9A265 #E9E465

triadic

#E9A265 #65E9A2 #A265E9

tetradic

#E9A265 #6AE965 #65ACE9 #E465E9

square

#E9A265 #6AE965 #65ACE9 #E465E9

split-complementary

#E9A265 #65E9E4 #656AE9

monochromatic

#B9641A #E1822F #E9A265 #F1C29B #F8E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#E9A265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A265

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A265	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.115 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd92',
    500: '#e9a265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a265;
$custom-light: #f4bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.727,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76862,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A265

secondary

#BFD7EB

accent

#7AD70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A265

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

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