#E9AD48#E9AD48

#E9AD48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.135 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9AD48
RGBrgb(233, 173, 72)
HSLhsl(38, 79%, 60%)
HSVhsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.8%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.62, 12.25, 58.49)
CIE-LCHlch(74.62, 59.76, 78.17°)
OKLaboklab(78.57% 0.0296 0.1316)
OKLCHoklch(78.57% 0.135 77.3)
XYZxyz(49.7207, 47.6824, 12.7146)
Luminance0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9AD48 #4884E9
analogous
#E95D48 #E9AD48 #D4E948
triadic
#E9AD48 #48E9AD #AD48E9
tetradic
#E9AD48 #48E95D #4884E9 #E948D4
square
#E9AD48 #48E95D #4884E9 #E948D4
split-complementary
#E9AD48 #48D4E9 #5D48E9
monochromatic
#A36E14 #DA921A #E9AD48 #F0C57F #F6DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#E9AD48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54
#E9AD48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AD48
10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9AD48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9AD481.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AF3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD9C98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9ad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.135 77.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c580',
    500: '#e9ad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9ad48;
$custom-light: #f5c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9ad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.64,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78575,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9AD48
secondary
#A7BEE6
accent
#7BF533
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8EF
border
#D7D1CA
text
#18120A
muted
#86817C

Preview Lab

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#E9AD48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva