#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
RGBrgb(233, 169, 87)
HSLhsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.5%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.80, 15.26, 50.71)
CIE-LCHlch(73.80, 52.95, 73.26°)
OKLaboklab(77.98% 0.0405 0.1173)
OKLCHoklch(77.98% 0.124 71)
XYZxyz(49.5156, 46.3915, 15.3615)
Luminance0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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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
##E9A9571.002.0410.2810.28
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2821.001.001.00
##00000010.2821.001.001.00

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

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#E9A957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva