#E9AB49#E9AB49

#E9AB49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.134 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AB49
RGB	rgb(233, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 13.37, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 59.08, 76.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.033 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.134 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3730, 46.9343, 12.7609)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AB49 #4987E9

analogous

#E95B49 #E9AB49 #D7E949

triadic

#E9AB49 #49E9AB #AB49E9

tetradic

#E9AB49 #49E95B #4987E9 #E949D7

square

#E9AB49 #49E95B #4987E9 #E949D7

split-complementary

#E9AB49 #49D7E9 #5B49E9

monochromatic

#A46C14 #DA901A #E9AB49 #F0C480 #F6DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E9AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#E9AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AB49

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AB49	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)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.134 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c380',
    500: '#e9ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ab49;
$custom-light: #f5c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.75,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AB49

secondary

#A8C0E6

accent

#7EF533

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AB49

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

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