#E9A449#E9A449

#E9A449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A449
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 17.08, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 58.32, 72.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% 0.0439 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.133 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0856, 44.3596, 12.3318)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A449 #498EE9

analogous

#E95449 #E9A449 #DEE949

triadic

#E9A449 #49E9A4 #A449E9

tetradic

#E9A449 #49E954 #498EE9 #E949DE

square

#E9A449 #49E954 #498EE9 #E949DE

split-complementary

#E9A449 #49DEE9 #5449E9

monochromatic

#A46614 #DA881A #E9A449 #F0BF80 #F6DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E9A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#E9A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A449

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A449	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bf80',
    500: '#e9a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a449;
$custom-light: #f5bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76894,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A449

secondary

#A8C3E6

accent

#87F533

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A449

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

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