#E9A84E#E9A84E

#E9A84E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.130 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A84E
RGB	rgb(233, 168, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 15.23, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 56.66, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0392 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.13 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9852, 45.8828, 13.4826)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A84E #4E8FE9

analogous

#E95A4E #E9A84E #DCE94E

triadic

#E9A84E #4EE9A8 #A84EE9

tetradic

#E9A84E #4EE95A #4E8FE9 #E94EDC

square

#E9A84E #4EE95A #4E8FE9 #E94EDC

split-complementary

#E9A84E #4EDCE9 #5A4EE9

monochromatic

#A86A15 #DE8D1C #E9A84E #F0C384 #F7DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E9A84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E9A84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A84E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A84E	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.130 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c183',
    500: '#e9a84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a84e;
$custom-light: #f4c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7769,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A84E

secondary

#ACC5E7

accent

#62DA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A84E

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

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