#E9B055#E9B055

#E9B055 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.126 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9B055
RGBrgb(233, 176, 85)
HSLhsl(37, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(37, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.5%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.47, 11.42, 53.55)
CIE-LCHlch(75.47, 54.75, 77.96°)
OKLaboklab(79.28% 0.0289 0.1231)
OKLCHoklch(79.28% 0.126 76.8)
XYZxyz(50.7723, 49.0338, 15.3829)
Luminance0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9B055 #558EE9
analogous
#E96655 #E9B055 #D8E955
triadic
#E9B055 #55E9B0 #B055E9
tetradic
#E9B055 #55E966 #558EE9 #E955D8
square
#E9B055 #55E966 #558EE9 #E955D8
split-complementary
#E9B055 #55D8E9 #6655E9
monochromatic
#AD7316 #E2971F #E9B055 #F0C98B #F7E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#E9B055 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81
#E9B055 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B055
10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9B055#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9B0551.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B24C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C058
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCA09C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9b055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 176, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.126 76.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c788',
    500: '#e9b055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9b055;
$custom-light: #f4c788;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9b055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.892,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9B055
secondary
#B2C7E8
accent
#5BD90C
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18130C
muted
#86827D

Preview Lab

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#E9B055 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva