#E9AA57#E9AA57

#E9AA57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9AA57
RGBrgb(233, 170, 87)
HSLhsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(34, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.04, 14.72, 50.98)
CIE-LCHlch(74.04, 53.07, 73.89°)
OKLaboklab(78.16% 0.0389 0.1179)
OKLCHoklch(78.16% 0.124 71.7)
XYZxyz(49.7023, 46.7650, 15.4238)
Luminance0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9AA57 #5796E9
analogous
#E96157 #E9AA57 #DFE957
triadic
#E9AA57 #57E9AA #AA57E9
tetradic
#E9AA57 #57E961 #5796E9 #E957DF
square
#E9AA57 #57E961 #5796E9 #E957DF
split-complementary
#E9AA57 #57DFE9 #6157E9
monochromatic
#AF6D17 #E28F21 #E9AA57 #F0C58D #F7E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#E9AA57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35
#E9AA57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AA57
10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9AA57#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9AA571.002.0310.3510.35
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3521.001.001.00
##00000010.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AD4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBC59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9A97
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9aa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 71.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c389',
    500: '#e9aa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9aa57;
$custom-light: #f4c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9aa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.11,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78163,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9AA57
secondary
#B3CAE8
accent
#65D90C
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D

Preview Lab

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#E9AA57 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva