#E9A850#E9A850

#E9A850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.129 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A850
RGB	rgb(233, 168, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 15.35, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 55.82, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0398 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.129 72)
XYZ	xyz(49.0580, 45.9120, 13.8660)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A850 #5091E9

analogous

#E95C50 #E9A850 #DDE950

triadic

#E9A850 #50E9A8 #A850E9

tetradic

#E9A850 #50E95C #5091E9 #E950DD

square

#E9A850 #50E95C #5091E9 #E950DD

split-complementary

#E9A850 #50DDE9 #5C50E9

monochromatic

#A96A15 #E08D1C #E9A850 #F0C386 #F7DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E9A850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E9A850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A850

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A850	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)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.129 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c184',
    500: '#e9a850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a850;
$custom-light: #f4c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.51,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77711,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.45908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A850

secondary

#AEC6E7

accent

#63DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A850

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

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