#E9A57A#E9A57A
#E9A57A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.099 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A57A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 165, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 72%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 47.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.31, 20.20, 32.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.31, 38.05, 57.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.75% 0.0596 0.0792) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.75% 0.099 53.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.5747, 45.6427, 24.5548) |
| Luminance | 0.4564 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.32
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.68
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 6.23
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.25
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.71
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 7.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A57A #7ABEE9
analogous
#E97A87 #E9A57A #E9DC7A
triadic
#E9A57A #7AE9A5 #A57AE9
tetradic
#E9A57A #87E97A #7ABEE9 #DC7AE9
square
#E9A57A #87E97A #7ABEE9 #DC7AE9
split-complementary
#E9A57A #7AE9DC #7A87E9
monochromatic
#C86221 #E08145 #E9A57A #F2C9AF #FAECE3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#E9A57A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.13
#E9A57A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A57A
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A57A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A57A | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.13 | 10.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8AB77
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8BA7A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA989A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a57a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 122); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.099 53.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c0a1',
500: '#e9a57a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a57a; $custom-light: #f3c0a1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a57a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 165,
"b": 122
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.243,
"s": 71.613,
"l": 69.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77748,
"c": 0.09911,
"h": 53.1
},
"luminance": 0.45639
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A57A
secondary
#D0E3EF
accent
#89D412
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120F
muted
#85817E