#E9AA49#E9AA49

#E9AA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AA49
RGB	rgb(233, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 13.90, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 58.96, 76.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.0346 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.134 75)
XYZ	xyz(49.1848, 46.5580, 12.6982)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AA49 #4988E9

analogous

#E95A49 #E9AA49 #D8E949

triadic

#E9AA49 #49E9AA #AA49E9

tetradic

#E9AA49 #49E95A #4988E9 #E949D8

square

#E9AA49 #49E95A #4988E9 #E949D8

split-complementary

#E9AA49 #49D8E9 #5A49E9

monochromatic

#A46B14 #DA8F1A #E9AA49 #F0C380 #F6DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#E9AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AA49

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AA49	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c380',
    500: '#e9aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9aa49;
$custom-light: #f5c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.375,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78016,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.46554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AA49

secondary

#A8C0E6

accent

#7FF533

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AA49

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

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