#E9A856#E9A856

#E9A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.125 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A856
RGB	rgb(233, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 15.72, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 53.28, 72.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0417 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.125 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2897, 46.0046, 15.0861)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A856 #5697E9

analogous

#E95E56 #E9A856 #E1E956

triadic

#E9A856 #56E9A8 #A856E9

tetradic

#E9A856 #56E95E #5697E9 #E956E1

square

#E9A856 #56E95E #5697E9 #E956E1

split-complementary

#E9A856 #56E1E9 #5E56E9

monochromatic

#AE6B17 #E28C20 #E9A856 #F0C48C #F7E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E9A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#E9A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A856

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A856	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.125 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c188',
    500: '#e9a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a856;
$custom-light: #f4c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.469,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77777,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A856

secondary

#B3CAE8

accent

#67D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A856

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

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