#E9A957#E9A957

#E9A957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A957
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, 15.26, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 52.95, 73.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0405 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.124 71)
XYZ	xyz(49.5156, 46.3915, 15.3615)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A957 #5797E9

analogous

#E96057 #E9A957 #E0E957

triadic

#E9A957 #57E9A9 #A957E9

tetradic

#E9A957 #57E960 #5797E9 #E957E0

square

#E9A957 #57E960 #5797E9 #E957E0

split-complementary

#E9A957 #57E0E9 #6057E9

monochromatic

#AF6C17 #E28D21 #E9A957 #F0C58D #F7E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9A957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#E9A957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A957

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A957	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c289',
    500: '#e9a957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a957;
$custom-light: #f4c289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.699,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77975,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.46388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A957

secondary

#B3CBE8

accent

#66D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A957

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

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