#E9A553#E9A553

#E9A553 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.127 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A553
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 17.13, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 54.26, 71.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.0455 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.127 69)
XYZ	xyz(48.6239, 44.8624, 14.2803)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A553 #5397E9

analogous

#E95A53 #E9A553 #E2E953

triadic

#E9A553 #53E9A5 #A553E9

tetradic

#E9A553 #53E95A #5397E9 #E953E2

square

#E9A553 #53E95A #5397E9 #E953E2

split-complementary

#E9A553 #53E2E9 #5A53E9

monochromatic

#AC6816 #E2891D #E9A553 #F0C189 #F7DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E9A553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#E9A553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A553

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A553	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)

#BCA94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.127 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf86',
    500: '#e9a553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a553;
$custom-light: #f4bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77184,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.44858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A553

secondary

#B0C9E8

accent

#69DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A553

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

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