#E9AC52#E9AC52

#E9AC52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AC52
RGB	rgb(233, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 13.35, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 55.46, 76.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.0342 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.128 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8829, 47.4416, 14.5109)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AC52 #528FE9

analogous

#E96152 #E9AC52 #DAE952

triadic

#E9AC52 #52E9AC #AC52E9

tetradic

#E9AC52 #52E961 #528FE9 #E952DA

square

#E9AC52 #52E961 #528FE9 #E952DA

split-complementary

#E9AC52 #52DAE9 #6152E9

monochromatic

#AB6F16 #E1921D #E9AC52 #F0C688 #F7E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E9AC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E9AC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AC52

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AC52	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c486',
    500: '#e9ac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ac52;
$custom-light: #f4c486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.762,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AC52

secondary

#AFC6E7

accent

#5FDA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AC52

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

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