#E9A950#E9A950

#E9A950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.129 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A950
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 14.82, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 55.93, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% 0.0382 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.129 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2434, 46.2826, 13.9277)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A950 #5090E9

analogous

#E95D50 #E9A950 #DDE950

triadic

#E9A950 #50E9A9 #A950E9

tetradic

#E9A950 #50E95D #5090E9 #E950DD

square

#E9A950 #50E95D #5090E9 #E950DD

split-complementary

#E9A950 #50DDE9 #5D50E9

monochromatic

#A96B15 #E08E1C #E9A950 #F0C486 #F7DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E9A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#E9A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A950

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A950	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.129 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c284',
    500: '#e9a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a950;
$custom-light: #f4c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77898,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A950

secondary

#AEC6E7

accent

#62DA0C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A950

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

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