#E9A457#E9A457

#E9A457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.124 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A457
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 17.91, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 52.49, 70.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0483 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.124 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6031, 44.5666, 15.0574)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A457 #579CE9

analogous

#E95B57 #E9A457 #E5E957

triadic

#E9A457 #57E9A4 #A457E9

tetradic

#E9A457 #57E95B #579CE9 #E957E5

square

#E9A457 #57E95B #579CE9 #E957E5

split-complementary

#E9A457 #57E5E9 #5B57E9

monochromatic

#AF6717 #E28721 #E9A457 #F0C18D #F7DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E9A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#E9A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A457

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A457	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.124 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf89',
    500: '#e9a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a457;
$custom-light: #f4bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.644,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A457

secondary

#B3CCE8

accent

#6DD90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A457

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

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