#E9A45F#E9A45F
#E9A45F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A45F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 164, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.70, 18.46, 45.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.70, 49.10, 67.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.15% 0.0511 0.1069) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.15% 0.118 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9483, 44.7047, 16.8751) |
| Luminance | 0.4470 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.83
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.28
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.54
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.22
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.81
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A45F #5FA4E9
analogous
#E95F5F #E9A45F #E9E95F
triadic
#E9A45F #5FE9A4 #A45FE9
tetradic
#E9A45F #5FE95F #5FA4E9 #E95FE9
square
#E9A45F #5FE95F #5FA4E9 #E95FE9
split-complementary
#E9A45F #5FE9E9 #5F5FE9
monochromatic
#B56719 #E28529 #E9A45F #F0C395 #F8E1CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E9A45F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.94
#E9A45F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A45F
9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A45F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A45F | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.94 | 9.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA959
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB960
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a45f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bf8e',
500: '#e9a45f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a45f; $custom-light: #f4bf8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a45f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 164,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77146,
"c": 0.11849,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.44701
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A45F
secondary
#BAD2EA
accent
#73D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D