#E9A958#E9A958
#E9A958 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.123 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A958 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 169, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 77%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 62.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.81, 15.32, 50.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.81, 52.52, 73.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.99% 0.0408 0.1164) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.99% 0.123 70.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5567, 46.4080, 15.5782) |
| Luminance | 0.4640 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.29
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.57
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.77
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.85
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.02
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A958 #5898E9
analogous
#E96058 #E9A958 #E1E958
triadic
#E9A958 #58E9A9 #A958E9
tetradic
#E9A958 #58E960 #5898E9 #E958E1
square
#E9A958 #58E960 #5898E9 #E958E1
split-complementary
#E9A958 #58E1E9 #6058E9
monochromatic
#AF6C17 #E28D22 #E9A958 #F0C58E #F7E1C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.04
#E9A958 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.28
#E9A958 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A958
10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A958 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A958 | 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)
#BFAC50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9997
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a958; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.123 70.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4c28a',
500: '#e9a958',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a958; $custom-light: #f4c28a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a958",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 169,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.517,
"s": 76.72,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77987,
"c": 0.12333,
"h": 70.7
},
"luminance": 0.46404
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A958
secondary
#B4CBE8
accent
#67D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D