#E9A448#E9A448

#E9A448 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A448
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 17.03, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 58.73, 73.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0436 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.134 71)
XYZ	xyz(48.0527, 44.3464, 12.1586)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A448 #488DE9

analogous

#E95448 #E9A448 #DDE948

triadic

#E9A448 #48E9A4 #A448E9

tetradic

#E9A448 #48E954 #488DE9 #E948DD

square

#E9A448 #48E954 #488DE9 #E948DD

split-complementary

#E9A448 #48DDE9 #5448E9

monochromatic

#A36614 #DA881A #E9A448 #F0BF7F #F6DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#E9A448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A448

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A448	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)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bf7f',
    500: '#e9a448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a448;
$custom-light: #f5bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76884,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.44342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A448

secondary

#A7C2E6

accent

#86F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A448

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

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