#E9A45B#E9A45B
#E9A45B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A45B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 164, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.65, 18.18, 47.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.65, 50.80, 69.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.09% 0.0497 0.1107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.09% 0.121 65.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7711, 44.6338, 15.9420) |
| Luminance | 0.4463 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.39
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.35
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.67
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.88
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.21
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A45B #5BA0E9
analogous
#E95D5B #E9A45B #E7E95B
triadic
#E9A45B #5BE9A4 #A45BE9
tetradic
#E9A45B #5BE95D #5BA0E9 #E95BE7
square
#E9A45B #5BE95D #5BA0E9 #E95BE7
split-complementary
#E9A45B #5BE7E9 #5D5BE9
monochromatic
#B26718 #E28625 #E9A45B #F0C291 #F7E0C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E9A45B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.93
#E9A45B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A45B
9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A45B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A45B | 1.00 | 2.12 | 9.93 | 9.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.12 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA954
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a45b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 65.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bf8b',
500: '#e9a45b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a45b; $custom-light: #f4bf8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a45b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 164,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.845,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77094,
"c": 0.12132,
"h": 65.8
},
"luminance": 0.4463
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A45B
secondary
#B7CFE9
accent
#70D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D