#E9A362#E9A362

#E9A362 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A362
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 19.22, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 47.78, 66.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0537 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.117 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9090, 44.4037, 17.5478)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A362 #62A8E9

analogous

#E96264 #E9A362 #E9E762

triadic

#E9A362 #62E9A3 #A362E9

tetradic

#E9A362 #64E962 #62A8E9 #E762E9

square

#E9A362 #64E962 #62A8E9 #E762E9

split-complementary

#E9A362 #62E9E7 #6264E9

monochromatic

#B7651A #E1842C #E9A362 #F1C298 #F8E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#E9A362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A362

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A362	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4be90',
    500: '#e9a362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a362;
$custom-light: #f4be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A362

secondary

#BCD4EA

accent

#76D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120D

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A362

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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