#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
RGB	rgb(233, 176, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 11.42, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 54.75, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0289 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.126 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7723, 49.0338, 15.3829)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9B055	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9B055

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

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