#E9AB56#E9AB56

#E9AB56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AB56
RGB	rgb(233, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, 14.13, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 53.62, 74.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.037 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.125 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8499, 47.1251, 15.2728)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AB56 #5694E9

analogous

#E96256 #E9AB56 #DDE956

triadic

#E9AB56 #56E9AB #AB56E9

tetradic

#E9AB56 #56E962 #5694E9 #E956DD

square

#E9AB56 #56E962 #5694E9 #E956DD

split-complementary

#E9AB56 #56DDE9 #6256E9

monochromatic

#AE6E17 #E29020 #E9AB56 #F0C68C #F7E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E9AB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#E9AB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AB56

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AB56	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c388',
    500: '#e9ab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ab56;
$custom-light: #f4c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.694,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7834,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AB56

secondary

#B3C9E8

accent

#63D90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AB56

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

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