#E9AA59#E9AA59

#E9AA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.123 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AA59
RGB	rgb(233, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 14.86, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 52.20, 73.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0396 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.123 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7852, 46.7981, 15.8601)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AA59 #5998E9

analogous

#E96259 #E9AA59 #E0E959

triadic

#E9AA59 #59E9AA #AA59E9

tetradic

#E9AA59 #59E962 #5998E9 #E959E0

square

#E9AA59 #59E962 #5998E9 #E959E0

split-complementary

#E9AA59 #59E0E9 #6259E9

monochromatic

#B06D17 #E28E23 #E9AA59 #F0C68F #F7E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E9AA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#E9AA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AA59

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AA59	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9aa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.123 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c38a',
    500: '#e9aa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9aa59;
$custom-light: #f4c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9aa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78187,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AA59

secondary

#B5CCE9

accent

#66D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AA59

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

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