#E9B255#E9B255

#E9B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.127 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B255
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 10.36, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 55.08, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0258 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.127 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1673, 49.8239, 15.5146)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B255 #558CE9

analogous

#E96855 #E9B255 #D6E955

triadic

#E9B255 #55E9B2 #B255E9

tetradic

#E9B255 #55E968 #558CE9 #E955D6

square

#E9B255 #55E968 #558CE9 #E955D6

split-complementary

#E9B255 #55D6E9 #6855E9

monochromatic

#AD7516 #E2991F #E9B255 #F0CB8B #F7E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E9B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B255

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B255	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)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.127 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c888',
    500: '#e9b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b255;
$custom-light: #f4c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B255

secondary

#B2C6E8

accent

#58D90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B255

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

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