#E9AA61#E9AA61

#E9AA61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AA61
RGB	rgb(233, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(32, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 15.42, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 48.73, 71.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% 0.0423 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.117 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1396, 46.9399, 17.7265)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AA61 #61A0E9

analogous

#E96661 #E9AA61 #E4E961

triadic

#E9AA61 #61E9AA #AA61E9

tetradic

#E9AA61 #61E966 #61A0E9 #E961E4

square

#E9AA61 #61E966 #61A0E9 #E961E4

split-complementary

#E9AA61 #61E4E9 #6661E9

monochromatic

#B66E19 #E28D2B #E9AA61 #F0C797 #F8E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E9AA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#E9AA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AA61

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AA61	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9aa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c390',
    500: '#e9aa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9aa61;
$custom-light: #f4c390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9aa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.206,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78287,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AA61

secondary

#BCD1EA

accent

#6BD80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AA61

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

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