#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
RGB	rgb(233, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, 12.25, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 59.76, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0296 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.135 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7207, 47.6824, 12.7146)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##E9AD48	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9AD48

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

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