#E9A46D#E9A46D
#E9A46D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.108 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A46D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 164, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 53.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.88, 19.56, 38.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.88, 43.23, 63.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.35% 0.0562 0.0928) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.35% 0.108 58.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6428, 44.9825, 20.5329) |
| Luminance | 0.4498 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.97
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.69
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.73
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.46
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.54
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A46D #6DB2E9
analogous
#E96D74 #E9A46D #E9E26D
triadic
#E9A46D #6DE9A4 #A46DE9
tetradic
#E9A46D #74E96D #6DB2E9 #E26DE9
square
#E9A46D #74E96D #6DB2E9 #E26DE9
split-complementary
#E9A46D #6DE9E2 #6D74E9
monochromatic
#BF651D #E18338 #E9A46D #F1C5A2 #F9E6D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#E9A46D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.00
#E9A46D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A46D
10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A46D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A46D | 1.00 | 2.10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9AA69
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B96E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9696
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a46d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.108 58.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf98',
500: '#e9a46d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a46d; $custom-light: #f3bf98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a46d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 164,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.613,
"s": 73.81,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77348,
"c": 0.10847,
"h": 58.8
},
"luminance": 0.44979
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A46D
secondary
#C5DBED
accent
#7ED610
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E