#E9B45A#E9B45A

#E9B45A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.124 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B45A
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 9.63, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 53.24, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% 0.0243 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.124 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7739, 50.7078, 16.7315)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B45A #5A8FE9

analogous

#E96C5A #E9B45A #D7E95A

triadic

#E9B45A #5AE9B4 #B45AE9

tetradic

#E9B45A #5AE96C #5A8FE9 #E95AD7

square

#E9B45A #5AE96C #5A8FE9 #E95AD7

split-complementary

#E9B45A #5AD7E9 #6C5AE9

monochromatic

#B17818 #E29B24 #E9B45A #F0CD90 #F7E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#E9B45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B45A

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B45A	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.124 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca8b',
    500: '#e9b45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b45a;
$custom-light: #f4ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.762,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.801,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B45A

secondary

#3664B1

accent

#58D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B45A

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

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