#E9AF48#E9AF48

#E9AF48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.135 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9AF48
RGBrgb(233, 175, 72)
HSLhsl(38, 79%, 60%)
HSVhsv(38, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.9%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.11, 11.19, 59.00)
CIE-LCHlch(75.11, 60.06, 79.26°)
OKLaboklab(78.96% 0.0266 0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(78.96% 0.135 78.7)
XYZxyz(50.1071, 48.4552, 12.8433)
Luminance0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9AF48 #4882E9
analogous
#E95E48 #E9AF48 #D3E948
triadic
#E9AF48 #48E9AF #AF48E9
tetradic
#E9AF48 #48E95E #4882E9 #E948D3
square
#E9AF48 #48E95E #4882E9 #E948D3
split-complementary
#E9AF48 #48D3E9 #5E48E9
monochromatic
#A36F14 #DA951A #E9AF48 #F0C77F #F6DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#E9AF48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69
#E9AF48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AF48
10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9AF48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9AF481.001.9610.6910.69
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6921.001.001.00
##00000010.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B03B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BF4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD9F99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.135 78.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c680',
    500: '#e9af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9af48;
$custom-light: #f4c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.385,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78957,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9AF48
secondary
#A7BEE6
accent
#79F533
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8EF
border
#D7D1CA
text
#18130A
muted
#86827C

Preview Lab

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#E9AF48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva