#E9A372#E9A372

#E9A372 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.105 H 55.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A372
RGB	rgb(233, 163, 114)
HSL	hsl(25, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 20.52, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 41.20, 60.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.0597 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.105 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7414, 44.7367, 21.9316)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A372 #72B8E9

analogous

#E9727C #E9A372 #E9DE72

triadic

#E9A372 #72E9A3 #A372E9

tetradic

#E9A372 #7CE972 #72B8E9 #DE72E9

square

#E9A372 #7CE972 #72B8E9 #DE72E9

split-complementary

#E9A372 #72E9DE #727CE9

monochromatic

#C2621E #E1803D #E9A372 #F1C6A7 #FAE8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E9A372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A372

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A372	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.105 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3be9b',
    500: '#e9a372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a372;
$custom-light: #f3be9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A372

secondary

#C9DFEE

accent

#84D510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A372

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

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