#E9A55D#E9A55D
#E9A55D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A55D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 165, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 60.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.91, 17.79, 46.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.91, 50.02, 69.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.3% 0.0488 0.1094) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.3% 0.12 66) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0382, 45.0281, 16.4624) |
| Luminance | 0.4502 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.44
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.44
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.76
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.76
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.29
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A55D #5DA1E9
analogous
#E95F5D #E9A55D #E7E95D
triadic
#E9A55D #5DE9A5 #A55DE9
tetradic
#E9A55D #5DE95F #5DA1E9 #E95DE7
square
#E9A55D #5DE95F #5DA1E9 #E95DE7
split-complementary
#E9A55D #5DE7E9 #5F5DE9
monochromatic
#B36818 #E28727 #E9A55D #F0C393 #F8E1C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#E9A55D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.00
#E9A55D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A55D
10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A55D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A55D | 1.00 | 2.10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBAA56
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a55d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 66.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bf8d',
500: '#e9a55d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a55d; $custom-light: #f4bf8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a55d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 165,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.857,
"s": 76.087,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77304,
"c": 0.11981,
"h": 66
},
"luminance": 0.45024
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A55D
secondary
#B8D0E9
accent
#70D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D