#E9A85B#E9A85B
#E9A85B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.121 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A85B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 168, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.60, 16.05, 48.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.60, 51.13, 71.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.84% 0.0434 0.1131) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.84% 0.121 69) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4982, 46.0880, 16.1844) |
| Luminance | 0.4608 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.35
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.90
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.27
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.45
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A85B #5B9CE9
analogous
#E9615B #E9A85B #E3E95B
triadic
#E9A85B #5BE9A8 #A85BE9
tetradic
#E9A85B #5BE961 #5B9CE9 #E95BE3
square
#E9A85B #5BE961 #5B9CE9 #E95BE3
split-complementary
#E9A85B #5BE3E9 #615BE9
monochromatic
#B26B18 #E28B25 #E9A85B #F0C591 #F7E1C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#E9A85B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.22
#E9A85B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A85B
10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A85B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A85B | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.22 | 10.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAC54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBB5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9896
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a85b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.121 69.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4c18c',
500: '#e9a85b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a85b; $custom-light: #f4c18c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a85b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 168,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.535,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77836,
"c": 0.12113,
"h": 69
},
"luminance": 0.46084
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A85B
secondary
#B7CEE9
accent
#6AD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D