#E9A565#E9A565

#E9A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A565
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 18.38, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 46.61, 66.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0516 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.114 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4113, 45.1773, 18.4271)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A565 #65A9E9

analogous

#E96567 #E9A565 #E9E765

triadic

#E9A565 #65E9A5 #A565E9

tetradic

#E9A565 #67E965 #65A9E9 #E765E9

square

#E9A565 #67E965 #65A9E9 #E765E9

split-complementary

#E9A565 #65E9E7 #6567E9

monochromatic

#B9671A #E1862F #E9A565 #F1C49B #F8E4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E9A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#E9A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A565

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A565	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf92',
    500: '#e9a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a565;
$custom-light: #f4bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77412,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A565

secondary

#BFD6EB

accent

#76D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A565

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

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