#E9A444#E9A444

#E9A444 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A444
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 16.82, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 60.33, 73.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0425 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.136 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9265, 44.2959, 11.4935)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A444 #4489E9

analogous

#E95244 #E9A444 #DCE944

triadic

#E9A444 #44E9A4 #A444E9

tetradic

#E9A444 #44E952 #4489E9 #E944DC

square

#E9A444 #44E952 #4489E9 #E944DC

split-complementary

#E9A444 #44DCE9 #5244E9

monochromatic

#A06513 #D78719 #E9A444 #EFBF7B #F6D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#E9A444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A444

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A444	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5be7d',
    500: '#e9a444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a444;
$custom-light: #f5be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.909,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76847,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A444

secondary

#A4BFE5

accent

#84F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A444

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

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