#E9B15B#E9B15B

#E9B15B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.122 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B15B
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 91)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 11.28, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 52.29, 77.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% 0.0293 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.122 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2176, 49.5268, 16.7575)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B15B #5B93E9

analogous

#E96A5B #E9B15B #DAE95B

triadic

#E9B15B #5BE9B1 #B15BE9

tetradic

#E9B15B #5BE96A #5B93E9 #E95BDA

square

#E9B15B #5BE96A #5B93E9 #E95BDA

split-complementary

#E9B15B #5BDAE9 #6A5BE9

monochromatic

#B27518 #E29725 #E9B15B #F0CB91 #F7E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E9B15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B15B

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B15B	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)

#C6B353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.122 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c88c',
    500: '#e9b15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b15b;
$custom-light: #f4c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79536,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B15B

secondary

#B7CBE9

accent

#5DD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B15B

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

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