#E9A346#E9A346

#E9A346 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.135 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A346
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 17.45, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 59.45, 72.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0446 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.135 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8103, 43.9643, 11.7611)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A346 #468CE9

analogous

#E95246 #E9A346 #DEE946

triadic

#E9A346 #46E9A3 #A346E9

tetradic

#E9A346 #46E952 #468CE9 #E946DE

square

#E9A346 #46E952 #468CE9 #E946DE

split-complementary

#E9A346 #46DEE9 #5246E9

monochromatic

#A16413 #D8861A #E9A346 #F0BE7D #F6D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E9A346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A346

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A346	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BBA73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.135 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5be7e',
    500: '#e9a346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a346;
$custom-light: #f5be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.233,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7668,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A346

secondary

#A6C1E5

accent

#86F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A346

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

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