#E9A446#E9A446

#E9A446 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A446
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 16.92, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 59.53, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.0431 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.135 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9885, 44.3208, 11.8205)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A446 #468BE9

analogous

#E95346 #E9A446 #DDE946

triadic

#E9A446 #46E9A4 #A446E9

tetradic

#E9A446 #46E953 #468BE9 #E946DD

square

#E9A446 #46E953 #468BE9 #E946DD

split-complementary

#E9A446 #46DDE9 #5346E9

monochromatic

#A16513 #D8881A #E9A446 #F0BF7D #F6DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#E9A446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A446

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A446	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)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bf7e',
    500: '#e9a446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a446;
$custom-light: #f5bf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.601,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76866,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A446

secondary

#A6C1E5

accent

#85F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A446

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

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