#E9A356#E9A356

#E9A356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A356
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 18.38, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 52.84, 69.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0496 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.125 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3843, 44.1939, 14.7843)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A356 #569CE9

analogous

#E95A56 #E9A356 #E5E956

triadic

#E9A356 #56E9A3 #A356E9

tetradic

#E9A356 #56E95A #569CE9 #E956E5

square

#E9A356 #56E95A #569CE9 #E956E5

split-complementary

#E9A356 #56E5E9 #5A56E9

monochromatic

#AE6617 #E28620 #E9A356 #F0C08C #F7DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#E9A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A356

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A356	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4be88',
    500: '#e9a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a356;
$custom-light: #f4be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76849,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A356

secondary

#B3CCE8

accent

#6ED90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A356

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

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