#E9A644#E9A644

#E9A644 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.137 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A644
RGB	rgb(233, 166, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 15.76, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 60.52, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0394 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.137 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2872, 45.0174, 11.6138)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A644 #4487E9

analogous

#E95444 #E9A644 #DAE944

triadic

#E9A644 #44E9A6 #A644E9

tetradic

#E9A644 #44E954 #4487E9 #E944DA

square

#E9A644 #44E954 #4487E9 #E944DA

split-complementary

#E9A644 #44DAE9 #5444E9

monochromatic

#A06713 #D78A19 #E9A644 #EFC07B #F6DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E9A644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#E9A644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A644

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A644	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)

#BEA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 166, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.137 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c07d',
    500: '#e9a644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a644;
$custom-light: #f5c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.636,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7722,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A644

secondary

#A4BEE5

accent

#82F532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A644

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

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