#E9B051#E9B051

#E9B051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B051
RGB	rgb(233, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 11.17, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 56.47, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0277 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.129 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6179, 48.9720, 14.5695)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B051 #518AE9

analogous

#E96451 #E9B051 #D6E951

triadic

#E9B051 #51E9B0 #B051E9

tetradic

#E9B051 #51E964 #518AE9 #E951D6

square

#E9B051 #51E964 #518AE9 #E951D6

split-complementary

#E9B051 #51D6E9 #6451E9

monochromatic

#AA7216 #E0971C #E9B051 #F0C987 #F7E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E9B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E9B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B051

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B051	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c785',
    500: '#e9b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b051;
$custom-light: #f4c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79235,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B051

secondary

#AFC4E7

accent

#59DA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B051

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

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