#E9B155#E9B155

#E9B155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.127 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B155
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 10.89, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 54.91, 78.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0274 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.127 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9691, 49.4274, 15.4485)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B155 #558DE9

analogous

#E96755 #E9B155 #D7E955

triadic

#E9B155 #55E9B1 #B155E9

tetradic

#E9B155 #55E967 #558DE9 #E955D7

square

#E9B155 #55E967 #558DE9 #E955D7

split-complementary

#E9B155 #55D7E9 #6755E9

monochromatic

#AD7416 #E2981F #E9B155 #F0CA8B #F7E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#E9B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B155

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B155	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.127 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c888',
    500: '#e9b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b155;
$custom-light: #f4c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B155

secondary

#B2C6E8

accent

#5AD90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B155

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

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