#E9AC51#E9AC51

#E9AC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.129 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AC51
RGB	rgb(233, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, 13.29, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 55.88, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0339 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.129 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8451, 47.4265, 14.3120)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AC51 #518EE9

analogous

#E96051 #E9AC51 #DAE951

triadic

#E9AC51 #51E9AC #AC51E9

tetradic

#E9AC51 #51E960 #518EE9 #E951DA

square

#E9AC51 #51E960 #518EE9 #E951DA

split-complementary

#E9AC51 #51DAE9 #6051E9

monochromatic

#AA6E16 #E0921C #E9AC51 #F0C687 #F7E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E9AC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#E9AC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AC51

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AC51	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)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.129 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c485',
    500: '#e9ac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ac51;
$custom-light: #f4c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.921,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AC51

secondary

#AFC5E7

accent

#5EDA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AC51

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

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