#E9A360#E9A360
#E9A360 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A360 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 163, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 58.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.47, 19.07, 44.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.47, 48.62, 66.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.98% 0.053 0.1053) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.98% 0.118 63.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.8158, 44.3664, 17.0566) |
| Luminance | 0.4436 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.44
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.25
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.50
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.32
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.62
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A360 #60A6E9
analogous
#E96062 #E9A360 #E9E860
triadic
#E9A360 #60E9A3 #A360E9
tetradic
#E9A360 #62E960 #60A6E9 #E860E9
square
#E9A360 #62E960 #60A6E9 #E860E9
split-complementary
#E9A360 #60E9E8 #6062E9
monochromatic
#B56619 #E2842A #E9A360 #F0C296 #F8E1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A360 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.87
#E9A360 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A360
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A360 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A360 | 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)
#B9A85A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB861
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a360; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 63.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4be8f',
500: '#e9a360',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a360; $custom-light: #f4be8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a360",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 163,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.343,
"s": 75.691,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76975,
"c": 0.11793,
"h": 63.3
},
"luminance": 0.44363
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A360
secondary
#BBD3EA
accent
#75D80E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D