#E9AC59#E9AC59

#E9AC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AC59
RGB	rgb(233, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, 13.80, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 52.45, 74.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0364 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.123 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1630, 47.5537, 15.9860)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AC59 #5996E9

analogous

#E96459 #E9AC59 #DEE959

triadic

#E9AC59 #59E9AC #AC59E9

tetradic

#E9AC59 #59E964 #5996E9 #E959DE

square

#E9AC59 #59E964 #5996E9 #E959DE

split-complementary

#E9AC59 #59DEE9 #6459E9

monochromatic

#B06F17 #E29123 #E9AC59 #F0C78F #F7E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E9AC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#E9AC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AC59

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AC59	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c48a',
    500: '#e9ac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ac59;
$custom-light: #f4c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78563,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AC59

secondary

#B5CBE9

accent

#63D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AC59

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

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