#E9A35A#E9A35A
#E9A35A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A35A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 163, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.40, 18.64, 47.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.40, 51.16, 68.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.9% 0.0509 0.111) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.9% 0.122 65.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5500, 44.2601, 15.6569) |
| Luminance | 0.4426 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.21
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.24
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.73
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.92
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.89
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A35A #5AA0E9
analogous
#E95B5A #E9A35A #E8E95A
triadic
#E9A35A #5AE9A3 #A35AE9
tetradic
#E9A35A #5AE95B #5AA0E9 #E95AE8
square
#E9A35A #5AE95B #5AA0E9 #E95AE8
split-complementary
#E9A35A #5AE8E9 #5B5AE9
monochromatic
#B16618 #E28524 #E9A35A #F0C190 #F7DFC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A35A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E9A35A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A35A
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A35A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A35A | 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)
#BAA853
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a35a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 65.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4be8b',
500: '#e9a35a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a35a; $custom-light: #f4be8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a35a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 163,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.629,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76897,
"c": 0.12213,
"h": 65.4
},
"luminance": 0.44256
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A35A
secondary
#B6CFE9
accent
#71D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D