#E9AC55#E9AC55

#E9AC55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.126 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AC55
RGB	rgb(233, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 13.54, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 54.17, 75.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0351 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.126 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9995, 47.4883, 15.1253)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AC55 #5592E9

analogous

#E96255 #E9AC55 #DCE955

triadic

#E9AC55 #55E9AC #AC55E9

tetradic

#E9AC55 #55E962 #5592E9 #E955DC

square

#E9AC55 #55E962 #5592E9 #E955DC

split-complementary

#E9AC55 #55DCE9 #6255E9

monochromatic

#AD6F16 #E2921F #E9AC55 #F0C68B #F7E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E9AC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#E9AC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AC55

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AC55	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.126 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c488',
    500: '#e9ac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ac55;
$custom-light: #f4c488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78517,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AC55

secondary

#B2C8E8

accent

#61D90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AC55

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

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