#E9A550#E9A550

#E9A550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A550
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 16.94, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 55.52, 72.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0445 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.129 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5106, 44.8170, 13.6835)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A550 #5094E9

analogous

#E95950 #E9A550 #E1E950

triadic

#E9A550 #50E9A5 #A550E9

tetradic

#E9A550 #50E959 #5094E9 #E950E1

square

#E9A550 #50E959 #5094E9 #E950E1

split-complementary

#E9A550 #50E1E9 #5950E9

monochromatic

#A96815 #E0891C #E9A550 #F0C186 #F7DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#E9A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A550

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A550	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)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf84',
    500: '#e9a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a550;
$custom-light: #f4bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77151,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A550

secondary

#AEC7E7

accent

#67DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A550

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

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