#E9A75E#E9A75E
#E9A75E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 167, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.40, 16.80, 46.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.40, 49.75, 70.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.69% 0.046 0.1097) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.69% 0.119 67.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4463, 45.7730, 16.8183) |
| Luminance | 0.4577 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.05
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.64
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.80
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.89
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.84
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A75E #5EA0E9
analogous
#E9625E #E9A75E #E5E95E
triadic
#E9A75E #5EE9A7 #A75EE9
tetradic
#E9A75E #5EE962 #5EA0E9 #E95EE5
square
#E9A75E #5EE962 #5EA0E9 #E95EE5
split-complementary
#E9A75E #5EE5E9 #625EE9
monochromatic
#B46A19 #E28A28 #E9A75E #F0C494 #F8E2CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#E9A75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.15
#E9A75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A75E
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A75E | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.15 | 10.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAB57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBA5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9896
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 167, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 67.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4c18d',
500: '#e9a75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a75e; $custom-light: #f4c18d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 167,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.511,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77688,
"c": 0.11896,
"h": 67.3
},
"luminance": 0.45769
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A75E
secondary
#B9D0EA
accent
#6ED80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D