#E9A450#E9A450

#E9A450 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.129 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A450
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 17.48, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 55.44, 71.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% 0.0461 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.129 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3309, 44.4577, 13.6236)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A450 #5095E9

analogous

#E95850 #E9A450 #E2E950

triadic

#E9A450 #50E9A4 #A450E9

tetradic

#E9A450 #50E958 #5095E9 #E950E2

square

#E9A450 #50E958 #5095E9 #E950E2

split-complementary

#E9A450 #50E2E9 #5850E9

monochromatic

#A96715 #E0871C #E9A450 #F0C086 #F7DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E9A450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E9A450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A450

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A450	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.129 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf84',
    500: '#e9a450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a450;
$custom-light: #f4bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.941,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A450

secondary

#AEC8E7

accent

#69DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A450

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

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