#E9B256#E9B256

#E9B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.126 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B256
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 10.42, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 54.64, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0261 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.126 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2073, 49.8399, 15.7253)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B256 #568DE9

analogous

#E96956 #E9B256 #D6E956

triadic

#E9B256 #56E9B2 #B256E9

tetradic

#E9B256 #56E969 #568DE9 #E956D6

square

#E9B256 #56E969 #568DE9 #E956D6

split-complementary

#E9B256 #56D6E9 #6956E9

monochromatic

#AE7517 #E29920 #E9B256 #F0CB8C #F7E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#E9B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B256

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B256	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.126 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c889',
    500: '#e9b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b256;
$custom-light: #f4c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B256

secondary

#B3C7E8

accent

#59D90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B256

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

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