#E9A552#E9A552

#E9A552 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A552
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 17.06, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 54.69, 71.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0451 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.128 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5856, 44.8470, 14.0785)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A552 #5296E9

analogous

#E95A52 #E9A552 #E2E952

triadic

#E9A552 #52E9A5 #A552E9

tetradic

#E9A552 #52E95A #5296E9 #E952E2

square

#E9A552 #52E95A #5296E9 #E952E2

split-complementary

#E9A552 #52E2E9 #5A52E9

monochromatic

#AB6816 #E1891D #E9A552 #F0C188 #F7DDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#E9A552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A552

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A552	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf85',
    500: '#e9a552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a552;
$custom-light: #f4bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.98,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77173,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A552

secondary

#AFC9E7

accent

#69DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A552

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

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