#E9B159#E9B159

#E9B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B159
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 11.15, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 53.17, 77.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0286 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.124 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1325, 49.4928, 16.3092)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B159 #5991E9

analogous

#E96959 #E9B159 #D9E959

triadic

#E9B159 #59E9B1 #B159E9

tetradic

#E9B159 #59E969 #5991E9 #E959D9

square

#E9B159 #59E969 #5991E9 #E959D9

split-complementary

#E9B159 #59D9E9 #6959E9

monochromatic

#B07517 #E29823 #E9B159 #F0CA8F #F7E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E9B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B159

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B159	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c88b',
    500: '#e9b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b159;
$custom-light: #f4c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B159

secondary

#B5C9E9

accent

#5CD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B159

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →