#E9A655#E9A655

#E9A655 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A655
RGB	rgb(233, 166, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 16.72, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 53.51, 71.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0445 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.125 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8833, 45.2558, 14.7532)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A655 #5598E9

analogous

#E95C55 #E9A655 #E2E955

triadic

#E9A655 #55E9A6 #A655E9

tetradic

#E9A655 #55E95C #5598E9 #E955E2

square

#E9A655 #55E95C #5598E9 #E955E2

split-complementary

#E9A655 #55E2E9 #5C55E9

monochromatic

#AD6916 #E28A1F #E9A655 #F0C28B #F7DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E9A655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#E9A655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A655

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A655	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 166, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c087',
    500: '#e9a655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a655;
$custom-light: #f4c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.838,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77392,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A655

secondary

#B2CAE8

accent

#69D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A655

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

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