#E9A844#E9A844

#E9A844 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.137 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A844
RGB	rgb(233, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, 14.70, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 60.73, 75.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0363 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.137 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6536, 45.7502, 11.7359)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A844 #4485E9

analogous

#E95644 #E9A844 #D7E944

triadic

#E9A844 #44E9A8 #A844E9

tetradic

#E9A844 #44E956 #4485E9 #E944D7

square

#E9A844 #44E956 #4485E9 #E944D7

split-complementary

#E9A844 #44D7E9 #5644E9

monochromatic

#A06813 #D78C19 #E9A844 #EFC17B #F6DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E9A844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#E9A844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A844

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A844	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)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.137 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c17d',
    500: '#e9a844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a844;
$custom-light: #f5c17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77595,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A844

secondary

#A4BEE5

accent

#7FF532

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A844

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

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