#E9A357#E9A357

#E9A357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.124 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A357
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 18.44, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 52.42, 69.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0499 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.124 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4249, 44.2101, 14.9980)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A357 #579DE9

analogous

#E95A57 #E9A357 #E6E957

triadic

#E9A357 #57E9A3 #A357E9

tetradic

#E9A357 #57E95A #579DE9 #E957E6

square

#E9A357 #57E95A #579DE9 #E957E6

split-complementary

#E9A357 #57E6E9 #5A57E9

monochromatic

#AF6617 #E28521 #E9A357 #F0C18D #F7DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#E9A357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A357

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A357	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)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.124 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4be89',
    500: '#e9a357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a357;
$custom-light: #f4be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.233,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76861,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A357

secondary

#B3CDE8

accent

#6FD90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A357

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

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