#E9AD55#E9AD55

#E9AD55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.126 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AD55
RGB	rgb(233, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, 13.01, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 54.31, 76.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0336 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.126 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1906, 47.8704, 15.1890)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AD55 #5591E9

analogous

#E96355 #E9AD55 #DBE955

triadic

#E9AD55 #55E9AD #AD55E9

tetradic

#E9AD55 #55E963 #5591E9 #E955DB

square

#E9AD55 #55E963 #5591E9 #E955DB

split-complementary

#E9AD55 #55DBE9 #6355E9

monochromatic

#AD7016 #E2931F #E9AD55 #F0C78B #F7E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E9AD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#E9AD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AD55

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AD55	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.126 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c588',
    500: '#e9ad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ad55;
$custom-light: #f4c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AD55

secondary

#B2C8E8

accent

#5FD90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AD55

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

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