#E9B157#E9B157

#E9B157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B157
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 11.02, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 54.04, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.028 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.125 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0497, 49.4596, 15.8729)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B157 #578FE9

analogous

#E96857 #E9B157 #D8E957

triadic

#E9B157 #57E9B1 #B157E9

tetradic

#E9B157 #57E968 #578FE9 #E957D8

square

#E9B157 #57E968 #578FE9 #E957D8

split-complementary

#E9B157 #57D8E9 #6857E9

monochromatic

#AF7417 #E29821 #E9B157 #F0CA8D #F7E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#E9B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B157

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B157	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c889',
    500: '#e9b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b157;
$custom-light: #f4c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7949,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B157

secondary

#B3C8E8

accent

#5BD90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B157

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

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