#E9A55A#E9A55A
#E9A55A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A55A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 165, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.88, 17.58, 48.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.88, 51.30, 69.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.27% 0.0478 0.1122) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.27% 0.122 66.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9079, 44.9760, 15.7762) |
| Luminance | 0.4497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.90
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.41
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.58
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.08
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.82
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A55A #5A9EE9
analogous
#E95D5A #E9A55A #E5E95A
triadic
#E9A55A #5AE9A5 #A55AE9
tetradic
#E9A55A #5AE95D #5A9EE9 #E95AE5
square
#E9A55A #5AE95D #5A9EE9 #E95AE5
split-complementary
#E9A55A #5AE5E9 #5D5AE9
monochromatic
#B16818 #E28824 #E9A55A #F0C290 #F7E0C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#E9A55A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#E9A55A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A55A
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A55A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A55A | 1.00 | 2.10 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA953
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a55a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 66.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bf8b',
500: '#e9a55a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a55a; $custom-light: #f4bf8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a55a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 165,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.469,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77267,
"c": 0.12195,
"h": 66.9
},
"luminance": 0.44972
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A55A
secondary
#B6CEE9
accent
#6ED90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D