#E9A459#E9A459

#E9A459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A459
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, 18.04, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 51.65, 69.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.049 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.123 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6860, 44.5997, 15.4937)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A459 #599EE9

analogous

#E95C59 #E9A459 #E6E959

triadic

#E9A459 #59E9A4 #A459E9

tetradic

#E9A459 #59E95C #599EE9 #E959E6

square

#E9A459 #59E95C #599EE9 #E959E6

split-complementary

#E9A459 #59E6E9 #5C59E9

monochromatic

#B06717 #E28623 #E9A459 #F0C28F #F7DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E9A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#E9A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A459

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A459	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf8a',
    500: '#e9a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a459;
$custom-light: #f4bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77069,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A459

secondary

#B5CEE9

accent

#6ED90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A459

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

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