#E9A965#E9A965

#E9A965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A965
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 101)
HSL	hsl(31, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 16.25, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 46.90, 69.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0453 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.114 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1440, 46.6429, 18.6713)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A965 #65A5E9

analogous

#E96765 #E9A965 #E7E965

triadic

#E9A965 #65E9A9 #A965E9

tetradic

#E9A965 #65E967 #65A5E9 #E965E7

square

#E9A965 #65E967 #65A5E9 #E965E7

split-complementary

#E9A965 #65E7E9 #6765E9

monochromatic

#B96C1A #E18B2F #E9A965 #F1C79B #F8E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E9A965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#E9A965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A965

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A965	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c292',
    500: '#e9a965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a965;
$custom-light: #f3c292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.909,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A965

secondary

#BFD4EB

accent

#70D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A965

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

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