#E9B252#E9B252

#E9B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.129 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B252
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 10.18, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 56.37, 79.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0249 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.129 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0507, 49.7772, 14.9002)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B252 #5289E9

analogous

#E96752 #E9B252 #D4E952

triadic

#E9B252 #52E9B2 #B252E9

tetradic

#E9B252 #52E967 #5289E9 #E952D4

square

#E9B252 #52E967 #5289E9 #E952D4

split-complementary

#E9B252 #52D4E9 #6752E9

monochromatic

#AB7516 #E19A1D #E9B252 #F0CA88 #F7E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E9B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B252

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B252	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.129 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c886',
    500: '#e9b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b252;
$custom-light: #f4c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B252

secondary

#AFC4E7

accent

#57DA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B252

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

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