#E9A344#E9A344

#E9A344 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A344
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 17.35, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 60.24, 73.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0441 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.136 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7482, 43.9394, 11.4341)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A344 #448AE9

analogous

#E95144 #E9A344 #DDE944

triadic

#E9A344 #44E9A3 #A344E9

tetradic

#E9A344 #44E951 #448AE9 #E944DD

square

#E9A344 #44E951 #448AE9 #E944DD

split-complementary

#E9A344 #44DDE9 #5144E9

monochromatic

#A06413 #D78619 #E9A344 #EFBE7B #F6D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E9A344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E9A344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A344

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A344	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5be7d',
    500: '#e9a344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a344;
$custom-light: #f5be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A344

secondary

#A4BFE5

accent

#85F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A344

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

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