#E9A359#E9A359

#E9A359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A359
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 18.58, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 51.58, 68.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% 0.0506 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.123 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5077, 44.2432, 15.4343)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A359 #599FE9

analogous

#E95B59 #E9A359 #E7E959

triadic

#E9A359 #59E9A3 #A359E9

tetradic

#E9A359 #59E95B #599FE9 #E959E7

square

#E9A359 #59E95B #599FE9 #E959E7

split-complementary

#E9A359 #59E7E9 #5B59E9

monochromatic

#B06617 #E28523 #E9A359 #F0C18F #F7DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E9A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A359

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A359	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4be8a',
    500: '#e9a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a359;
$custom-light: #f4be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A359

secondary

#B5CEE9

accent

#70D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A359

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

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