#E9A461#E9A461

#E9A461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A461
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 18.61, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 48.25, 67.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0518 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.117 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0404, 44.7415, 17.3601)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A461 #61A6E9

analogous

#E96162 #E9A461 #E9E861

triadic

#E9A461 #61E9A4 #A461E9

tetradic

#E9A461 #62E961 #61A6E9 #E861E9

square

#E9A461 #62E961 #61A6E9 #E861E9

split-complementary

#E9A461 #61E9E8 #6162E9

monochromatic

#B66719 #E2852B #E9A461 #F0C397 #F8E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E9A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A461

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A461	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf8f',
    500: '#e9a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a461;
$custom-light: #f4bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77173,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A461

secondary

#BCD3EA

accent

#74D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A461

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

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