#E9A44E#E9A44E

#E9A44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.130 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A44E
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 17.36, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 56.27, 72.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.0454 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.13 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2581, 44.4286, 13.2402)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A44E #4E93E9

analogous

#E9564E #E9A44E #E1E94E

triadic

#E9A44E #4EE9A4 #A44EE9

tetradic

#E9A44E #4EE956 #4E93E9 #E94EE1

square

#E9A44E #4EE956 #4E93E9 #E94EE1

split-complementary

#E9A44E #4EE1E9 #564EE9

monochromatic

#A86615 #DE881C #E9A44E #F0C084 #F7DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E9A44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#E9A44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A44E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A44E	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.130 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bf83',
    500: '#e9a44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a44e;
$custom-light: #f5bf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.29,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76944,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A44E

secondary

#ACC6E7

accent

#67DA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A44E

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