#E9A64E#E9A64E

#E9A64E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.130 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A64E
RGB	rgb(233, 166, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 16.30, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 56.45, 73.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0423 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.13 71)
XYZ	xyz(48.6188, 45.1501, 13.3604)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A64E #4E91E9

analogous

#E9584E #E9A64E #DEE94E

triadic

#E9A64E #4EE9A6 #A64EE9

tetradic

#E9A64E #4EE958 #4E91E9 #E94EDE

square

#E9A64E #4EE958 #4E91E9 #E94EDE

split-complementary

#E9A64E #4EDEE9 #584EE9

monochromatic

#A86815 #DE8A1C #E9A64E #F0C184 #F7DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E9A64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#E9A64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A64E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A64E	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)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 166, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.130 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c083',
    500: '#e9a64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a64e;
$custom-light: #f4c083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.065,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77316,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.45146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A64E

secondary

#ACC5E7

accent

#65DA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A64E

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

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