#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
RGBrgb(233, 173, 89)
HSLhsl(35, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(35, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.8%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.78, 13.27, 50.88)
CIE-LCHlch(74.78, 52.58, 75.39°)
OKLaboklab(78.75% 0.0349 0.1179)
OKLCHoklch(78.75% 0.123 73.5)
XYZxyz(50.3540, 47.9357, 16.0497)
Luminance0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

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
##E9AD591.001.9810.5910.59
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5921.001.001.00
##00000010.5921.001.001.00

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

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#E9AD59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva