#E9A477#E9A477

#E9A477 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.102 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A477
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(24, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, 20.45, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 39.23, 58.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% 0.06 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.102 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2121, 45.2102, 23.5310)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A477 #77BCE9

analogous

#E97783 #E9A477 #E9DD77

triadic

#E9A477 #77E9A4 #A477E9

tetradic

#E9A477 #83E977 #77BCE9 #DD77E9

square

#E9A477 #83E977 #77BCE9 #DD77E9

split-complementary

#E9A477 #77E9DD #7783E9

monochromatic

#C66120 #E08142 #E9A477 #F2C7AC #FAEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E9A477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#E9A477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A477

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A477	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.102 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bf9f',
    500: '#e9a477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a477;
$custom-light: #f3bf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.684,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77513,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A477

secondary

#CDE1EF

accent

#87D411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A477

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

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