#E9A85F#E9A85F
#E9A85F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A85F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 168, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.65, 16.34, 46.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.65, 49.40, 70.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.89% 0.0448 0.1094) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.89% 0.118 67.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6754, 46.1589, 17.1175) |
| Luminance | 0.4616 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.30
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.68
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.99
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.72
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A85F #5FA0E9
analogous
#E9635F #E9A85F #E5E95F
triadic
#E9A85F #5FE9A8 #A85FE9
tetradic
#E9A85F #5FE963 #5FA0E9 #E95FE5
square
#E9A85F #5FE963 #5FA0E9 #E95FE5
split-complementary
#E9A85F #5FE5E9 #635FE9
monochromatic
#B56B19 #E28B29 #E9A85F #F0C595 #F8E3CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#E9A85F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.23
#E9A85F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A85F
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A85F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A85F | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.23 | 10.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAC58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBB60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9997
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a85f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 67.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4c18e',
500: '#e9a85f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a85f; $custom-light: #f4c18e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a85f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 168,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.739,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77887,
"c": 0.11818,
"h": 67.7
},
"luminance": 0.46155
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A85F
secondary
#BAD1EA
accent
#6DD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D