#E9A463#E9A463

#E9A463 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A463
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 18.76, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 47.40, 66.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0525 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.116 63)
XYZ	xyz(49.1348, 44.7793, 17.8574)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A463 #63A8E9

analogous

#E96365 #E9A463 #E9E763

triadic

#E9A463 #63E9A4 #A463E9

tetradic

#E9A463 #65E963 #63A8E9 #E763E9

square

#E9A463 #65E963 #63A8E9 #E763E9

split-complementary

#E9A463 #63E9E7 #6365E9

monochromatic

#B8661A #E1852D #E9A463 #F1C399 #F8E3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E9A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A463

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A463	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)

#BAA95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf91',
    500: '#e9a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a463;
$custom-light: #f4bf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.104,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.772,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.44775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A463

secondary

#BDD5EB

accent

#76D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A463

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

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