#E9B052#E9B052

#E9B052 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B052
RGB	rgb(233, 176, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 11.23, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 56.04, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% 0.028 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.129 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6556, 48.9872, 14.7685)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B052 #528BE9

analogous

#E96552 #E9B052 #D7E952

triadic

#E9B052 #52E9B0 #B052E9

tetradic

#E9B052 #52E965 #528BE9 #E952D7

square

#E9B052 #52E965 #528BE9 #E952D7

split-complementary

#E9B052 #52D7E9 #6552E9

monochromatic

#AB7316 #E1971D #E9B052 #F0C988 #F7E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E9B052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E9B052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B052

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B052	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 176, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c786',
    500: '#e9b052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b052;
$custom-light: #f4c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79245,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B052

secondary

#AFC5E7

accent

#5ADA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B052

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

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