#E9AD5C#E9AD5C
#E9AD5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9AD5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 173, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 60.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.82, 13.47, 49.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.82, 51.27, 74.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.79% 0.0359 0.1152) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.79% 0.121 72.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.4825, 47.9872, 16.7267) |
| Luminance | 0.4798 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.52
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.01
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.62
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.63
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.63
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 6.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9AD5C #5C98E9
analogous
#E9665C #E9AD5C #DEE95C
triadic
#E9AD5C #5CE9AD #AD5CE9
tetradic
#E9AD5C #5CE966 #5C98E9 #E95CDE
square
#E9AD5C #5CE966 #5C98E9 #E95CDE
split-complementary
#E9AD5C #5CDEE9 #665CE9
monochromatic
#B37118 #E29226 #E9AD5C #F0C892 #F8E3C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#E9AD5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.60
#E9AD5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9AD5C
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9AD5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9AD5C | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.60 | 10.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2B054
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BE5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9E9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9ad5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 173, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 72.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4c58c',
500: '#e9ad5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9ad5c; $custom-light: #f4c58c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9ad5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 173,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 34.468,
"s": 76.216,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78788,
"c": 0.12067,
"h": 72.7
},
"luminance": 0.47983
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9AD5C
secondary
#B8CDE9
accent
#64D80D
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D