#E9A962#E9A962

#E9A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.116 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A962
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(32, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 16.02, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 48.20, 70.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.0442 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.116 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9997, 46.5852, 17.9113)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A962 #62A2E9

analogous

#E96662 #E9A962 #E5E962

triadic

#E9A962 #62E9A9 #A962E9

tetradic

#E9A962 #62E966 #62A2E9 #E962E5

square

#E9A962 #62E966 #62A2E9 #E962E5

split-complementary

#E9A962 #62E5E9 #6662E9

monochromatic

#B76C1A #E18C2C #E9A962 #F1C698 #F8E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#E9A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A962

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A962	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.116 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c290',
    500: '#e9a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a962;
$custom-light: #f4c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.556,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78113,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A962

secondary

#BCD2EA

accent

#6ED80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A962

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

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