#E9AC4E#E9AC4E

#E9AC4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AC4E
RGB	rgb(233, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 13.11, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 57.15, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0329 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.131 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7351, 47.3825, 13.7325)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AC4E #4E8BE9

analogous

#E95E4E #E9AC4E #D8E94E

triadic

#E9AC4E #4EE9AC #AC4EE9

tetradic

#E9AC4E #4EE95E #4E8BE9 #E94ED8

square

#E9AC4E #4EE95E #4E8BE9 #E94ED8

split-complementary

#E9AC4E #4ED8E9 #5E4EE9

monochromatic

#A86E15 #DE921C #E9AC4E #F0C684 #F7DFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E9AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#E9AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AC4E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AC4E	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c483',
    500: '#e9ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ac4e;
$custom-light: #f4c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.387,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78443,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AC4E

secondary

#ACC3E7

accent

#5DDA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AC4E

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

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