#E9A759#E9A759

#E9A759 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A759
RGB	rgb(233, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 16.45, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 51.89, 71.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.0443 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.123 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2292, 45.6862, 15.6748)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A759 #599BE9

analogous

#E95F59 #E9A759 #E3E959

triadic

#E9A759 #59E9A7 #A759E9

tetradic

#E9A759 #59E95F #599BE9 #E959E3

square

#E9A759 #59E95F #599BE9 #E959E3

split-complementary

#E9A759 #59E3E9 #5F59E9

monochromatic

#B06A17 #E28A23 #E9A759 #F0C48F #F7E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E9A759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#E9A759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A759

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A759	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c18a',
    500: '#e9a759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a759;
$custom-light: #f4c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77626,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A759

secondary

#B5CDE9

accent

#6AD90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A759

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

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