#E9A35D#E9A35D
#E9A35D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A35D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 163, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 60.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.44, 18.85, 46.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.44, 49.89, 67.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.94% 0.052 0.1082) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.94% 0.12 64.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6803, 44.3123, 16.3430) |
| Luminance | 0.4431 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.78
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.19
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.68
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.15
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.58
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A35D #5DA3E9
analogous
#E95D5D #E9A35D #E9E95D
triadic
#E9A35D #5DE9A3 #A35DE9
tetradic
#E9A35D #5DE95D #5DA3E9 #E95DE9
square
#E9A35D #5DE95D #5DA3E9 #E95DE9
split-complementary
#E9A35D #5DE9E9 #5D5DE9
monochromatic
#B36618 #E28427 #E9A35D #F0C293 #F8E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A35D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.86
#E9A35D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A35D
9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A35D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A35D | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.86 | 9.86 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A857
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a35d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 64.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4be8d',
500: '#e9a35d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a35d; $custom-light: #f4be8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a35d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 163,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 76.087,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76936,
"c": 0.12004,
"h": 64.4
},
"luminance": 0.44308
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A35D
secondary
#B8D1E9
accent
#73D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D