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Fizzy Champagne

#ea9332
Notes

Fizzy Champagne (#EA9332) is a true orange with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (32°, 81%, 56%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary azure. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#ea9332
RGB
rgb(234, 147, 50)
HSL
hsl(32, 81%, 56%)
HWB
hwb(32 20% 8%)
OKLCH
oklch(73.7% 0.149 63.8)
P3
color(display-p3 0.8696 0.5921 0.2811)
HSV
hsv(32, 79%, 92%)
LAB
lab(68.46% 25.50 61.50)
LCH
lch(68.46% 66.58 67.48)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 37%, 79%, 8%)

Etymology

Fizzy
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of carbonation. As a color modifier, fizzy implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-bubbly quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to bubbly and sparkling in usage.

Champagne
noun

The pale, slightly amber yellow of dry sparkling wine from the Champagne region of northern France — a color produced by long contact with the lees in the bottle, regardless of grape source. The color refers to the wine in a clean flute: a soft, faintly golden yellow-tan with the optical lightness of a clear liquid. Lighter than honey, warmer than cream, with the celebratory weight of a French appellation that's been protected since 1936.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#ea9332
Original
#ae9b22
Protanopia
#c3af33
Deuteranopia
#ff7f80
Tritanopia
#9e9e9e
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.41:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
8.72:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##EA9332
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.8696 0.5921 0.2811)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.149

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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