#E9A465#E9A465

#E9A465 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A465
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 101)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 18.91, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 46.56, 66.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0532 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.114 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2316, 44.8180, 18.3672)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A465 #65AAE9

analogous

#E96568 #E9A465 #E9E665

triadic

#E9A465 #65E9A4 #A465E9

tetradic

#E9A465 #68E965 #65AAE9 #E665E9

square

#E9A465 #68E965 #65AAE9 #E665E9

split-complementary

#E9A465 #65E9E6 #6568E9

monochromatic

#B9661A #E1842F #E9A465 #F1C49B #F8E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#E9A465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A465

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A465	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf92',
    500: '#e9a465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a465;
$custom-light: #f4bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A465

secondary

#BFD6EB

accent

#77D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A465

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

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