#E9A548#E9A548

#E9A548 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A548
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 16.50, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 58.82, 73.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0421 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.134 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2324, 44.7058, 12.2184)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A548 #488CE9

analogous

#E95448 #E9A548 #DDE948

triadic

#E9A548 #48E9A5 #A548E9

tetradic

#E9A548 #48E954 #488CE9 #E948DD

square

#E9A548 #48E954 #488CE9 #E948DD

split-complementary

#E9A548 #48DDE9 #5448E9

monochromatic

#A36614 #DA891A #E9A548 #F0C07F #F6DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#E9A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A548

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A548	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bf7f',
    500: '#e9a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a548;
$custom-light: #f5bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.658,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A548

secondary

#A7C2E6

accent

#85F533

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A548

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

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