#E9A656#E9A656

#E9A656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A656
RGB	rgb(233, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 16.78, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 53.08, 71.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0449 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.125 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9233, 45.2718, 14.9639)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A656 #5699E9

analogous

#E95D56 #E9A656 #E2E956

triadic

#E9A656 #56E9A6 #A656E9

tetradic

#E9A656 #56E95D #5699E9 #E956E2

square

#E9A656 #56E95D #5699E9 #E956E2

split-complementary

#E9A656 #56E2E9 #5D56E9

monochromatic

#AE6917 #E28920 #E9A656 #F0C38C #F7DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E9A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#E9A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A656

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A656	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c088',
    500: '#e9a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a656;
$custom-light: #f4c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.653,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77404,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A656

secondary

#B3CBE8

accent

#6AD90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A656

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

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