#E9AA56#E9AA56

#E9AA56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AA56
RGB	rgb(233, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, 14.66, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 53.50, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0386 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.125 72)
XYZ	xyz(49.6618, 46.7488, 15.2101)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AA56 #5695E9

analogous

#E96156 #E9AA56 #DEE956

triadic

#E9AA56 #56E9AA #AA56E9

tetradic

#E9AA56 #56E961 #5695E9 #E956DE

square

#E9AA56 #56E961 #5695E9 #E956DE

split-complementary

#E9AA56 #56DEE9 #6156E9

monochromatic

#AE6D17 #E28F20 #E9AA56 #F0C58C #F7E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E9AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#E9AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AA56

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AA56	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c388',
    500: '#e9aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9aa56;
$custom-light: #f4c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78152,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.46745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AA56

secondary

#B3CAE8

accent

#64D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AA56

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

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