#E9A35F#E9A35F
#E9A35F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A35F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 163, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.46, 18.99, 45.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.46, 49.04, 67.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.96% 0.0527 0.1063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.96% 0.119 63.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7700, 44.3482, 16.8157) |
| Luminance | 0.4434 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.54
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.22
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.55
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.40
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.46
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A35F #5FA5E9
analogous
#E95F60 #E9A35F #E9E85F
triadic
#E9A35F #5FE9A3 #A35FE9
tetradic
#E9A35F #60E95F #5FA5E9 #E85FE9
square
#E9A35F #60E95F #5FA5E9 #E85FE9
split-complementary
#E9A35F #5FE9E8 #5F60E9
monochromatic
#B56619 #E28429 #E9A35F #F0C295 #F8E1CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A35F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.87
#E9A35F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A35F
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A35F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A35F | 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)
#B9A859
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB860
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a35f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 63.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4be8e',
500: '#e9a35f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a35f; $custom-light: #f4be8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a35f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 163,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.565,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76962,
"c": 0.11863,
"h": 63.6
},
"luminance": 0.44344
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A35F
secondary
#BAD2EA
accent
#74D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D