#E9A35E#E9A35E
#E9A35E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A35E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 163, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.45, 18.92, 45.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.45, 49.46, 67.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.95% 0.0523 0.1073) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.95% 0.119 64) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7249, 44.3301, 16.5778) |
| Luminance | 0.4433 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.66
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.20
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.61
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.30
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.49
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A35E #5EA4E9
analogous
#E95E5F #E9A35E #E9E85E
triadic
#E9A35E #5EE9A3 #A35EE9
tetradic
#E9A35E #5FE95E #5EA4E9 #E85EE9
square
#E9A35E #5FE95E #5EA4E9 #E85EE9
split-complementary
#E9A35E #5EE9E8 #5E5FE9
monochromatic
#B46619 #E28428 #E9A35E #F0C294 #F8E1CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A35E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.87
#E9A35E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A35E
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A35E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A35E | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.87 | 9.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a35e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 64.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4be8d',
500: '#e9a35e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a35e; $custom-light: #f4be8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a35e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 163,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.784,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76949,
"c": 0.11933,
"h": 64
},
"luminance": 0.44326
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A35E
secondary
#B9D2EA
accent
#73D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D