#E9B254#E9B254

#E9B254 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B254
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 10.30, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 55.51, 79.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0255 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.128 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1279, 49.8081, 15.3068)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B254 #548BE9

analogous

#E96754 #E9B254 #D6E954

triadic

#E9B254 #54E9B2 #B254E9

tetradic

#E9B254 #54E967 #548BE9 #E954D6

square

#E9B254 #54E967 #548BE9 #E954D6

split-complementary

#E9B254 #54D6E9 #6754E9

monochromatic

#AC7516 #E29A1E #E9B254 #F0CA8A #F7E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E9B254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B254

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B254	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)

#C8B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c888',
    500: '#e9b254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b254;
$custom-light: #f4c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.852,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79649,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B254

secondary

#B1C5E8

accent

#58D90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B254

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

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