#E9B059#E9B059

#E9B059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B059
RGB	rgb(233, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 11.68, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 53.01, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% 0.0302 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.123 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9357, 49.0992, 16.2436)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B059 #5992E9

analogous

#E96859 #E9B059 #DAE959

triadic

#E9B059 #59E9B0 #B059E9

tetradic

#E9B059 #59E968 #5992E9 #E959DA

square

#E9B059 #59E968 #5992E9 #E959DA

split-complementary

#E9B059 #59DAE9 #6859E9

monochromatic

#B07417 #E29623 #E9B059 #F0CA8F #F7E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E9B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E9B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B059

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B059	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c78b',
    500: '#e9b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b059;
$custom-light: #f4c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79322,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B059

secondary

#B5CAE9

accent

#5DD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B059

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

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