#E9AD59#E9AD59

#E9AD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AD59
RGB	rgb(233, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 13.27, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 52.58, 75.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0349 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.123 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3540, 47.9357, 16.0497)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AD59 #5995E9

analogous

#E96559 #E9AD59 #DDE959

triadic

#E9AD59 #59E9AD #AD59E9

tetradic

#E9AD59 #59E965 #5995E9 #E959DD

square

#E9AD59 #59E965 #5995E9 #E959DD

split-complementary

#E9AD59 #59DDE9 #6559E9

monochromatic

#B07117 #E29223 #E9AD59 #F0C88F #F7E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E9AD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#E9AD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AD59

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AD59	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c58a',
    500: '#e9ad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ad59;
$custom-light: #f4c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78752,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AD59

secondary

#B5CBE9

accent

#62D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AD59

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

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