#E9A544#E9A544

#E9A544 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A544
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 16.29, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 60.42, 74.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0409 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.137 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1061, 44.6553, 11.5534)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A544 #4488E9

analogous

#E95344 #E9A544 #DAE944

triadic

#E9A544 #44E9A5 #A544E9

tetradic

#E9A544 #44E953 #4488E9 #E944DA

square

#E9A544 #44E953 #4488E9 #E944DA

split-complementary

#E9A544 #44DAE9 #5344E9

monochromatic

#A06613 #D78919 #E9A544 #EFBF7B #F6DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#E9A544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A544

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A544	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bf7d',
    500: '#e9a544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a544;
$custom-light: #f5bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.273,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77033,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A544

secondary

#A4BFE5

accent

#83F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A544

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

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