#E9A862#E9A862

#E9A862 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A862
RGB	rgb(233, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(31, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 16.56, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 48.11, 69.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0458 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.116 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8144, 46.2145, 17.8495)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A862 #62A3E9

analogous

#E96462 #E9A862 #E7E962

triadic

#E9A862 #62E9A8 #A862E9

tetradic

#E9A862 #62E964 #62A3E9 #E962E7

square

#E9A862 #62E964 #62A3E9 #E962E7

split-complementary

#E9A862 #62E7E9 #6462E9

monochromatic

#B76B1A #E18A2C #E9A862 #F1C698 #F8E3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E9A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#E9A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A862

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A862	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c190',
    500: '#e9a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a862;
$custom-light: #f4c190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A862

secondary

#BCD3EA

accent

#6FD80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A862

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

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