#E9B253#E9B253

#E9B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B253
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 10.24, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 55.94, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0252 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.128 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0890, 49.7926, 15.1020)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B253 #538AE9

analogous

#E96753 #E9B253 #D5E953

triadic

#E9B253 #53E9B2 #B253E9

tetradic

#E9B253 #53E967 #538AE9 #E953D5

square

#E9B253 #53E967 #538AE9 #E953D5

split-complementary

#E9B253 #53D5E9 #6753E9

monochromatic

#AC7516 #E29A1D #E9B253 #F0CA89 #F7E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E9B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B253

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B253	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c887',
    500: '#e9b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b253;
$custom-light: #f4c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79638,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B253

secondary

#B0C5E8

accent

#57DA0C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B253

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

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