#e9b45d

Color #e9b45d

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Sandy Brown #f4a460 · ΔE 14.07 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#e9b45d

RGB

rgb(233, 180, 93)

HSL

hsl(37.3, 76.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.3, 60.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 60.1%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(76.53, 9.84, 50.97)

LCH

lch(76.53, 51.91, 79.07)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.1213, 77.96)

HWB

hwb(37.3, 36.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d92e9

Analogous

#e96e5d

#e9b45d

#d8e95d

Triadic

#e9b45d

#5de9b4

#b45de9

Split-complementary

#e9b45d

#5dd8e9

#6e5de9

Tetradic

#e9b45d

#92e95d

#5d92e9

#b45de9

Square

#e9b45d

#5de96e

#5d92e9

#e95dd8

Shades

Color #e9b45d mixed toward black.

#e39e2d

#bf811a

#8f6113

#60400d

#302006

Tints

Color #e9b45d mixed toward white.

#edc078

#f0cd93

#f4d9ae

#f8e6c9

#fbf2e4

Tones

Color #e9b45d mixed toward gray.

#ddb169

#d2ae74

#c6ab80

#baa98c

#afa697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d4d47a · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#d7db7f · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#e78b8f · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9b45d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9b45d]

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Frequently asked questions

#e9b45d (#e9b45d) is rgb(233, 180, 93) in RGB.

No, #e9b45d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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