#E9A956#E9A956

#E9A956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.125 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A956
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, 15.19, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 53.38, 73.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.0401 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.125 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4750, 46.3753, 15.1479)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A956 #5696E9

analogous

#E96056 #E9A956 #DFE956

triadic

#E9A956 #56E9A9 #A956E9

tetradic

#E9A956 #56E960 #5696E9 #E956DF

square

#E9A956 #56E960 #5696E9 #E956DF

split-complementary

#E9A956 #56DFE9 #6056E9

monochromatic

#AE6C17 #E28D20 #E9A956 #F0C58C #F7E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9A956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#E9A956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A956

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A956	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.125 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c288',
    500: '#e9a956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a956;
$custom-light: #f4c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.878,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A956

secondary

#B3CAE8

accent

#66D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A956

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

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