#E9AF59#E9AF59

#E9AF59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.123 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AF59
RGB	rgb(233, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, 12.21, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 52.86, 76.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0318 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.123 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7404, 48.7085, 16.1785)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AF59 #5993E9

analogous

#E96759 #E9AF59 #DBE959

triadic

#E9AF59 #59E9AF #AF59E9

tetradic

#E9AF59 #59E967 #5993E9 #E959DB

square

#E9AF59 #59E967 #5993E9 #E959DB

split-complementary

#E9AF59 #59DBE9 #6759E9

monochromatic

#B07317 #E29523 #E9AF59 #F0C98F #F7E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E9AF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E9AF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AF59

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AF59	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9af59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.123 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c68b',
    500: '#e9af59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9af59;
$custom-light: #f4c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9af59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79131,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AF59

secondary

#B5CAE9

accent

#5FD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AF59

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

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