#E9B257#E9B257

#E9B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B257
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 10.49, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 54.21, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0264 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.125 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2479, 49.8561, 15.9390)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B257 #578EE9

analogous

#E96957 #E9B257 #D7E957

triadic

#E9B257 #57E9B2 #B257E9

tetradic

#E9B257 #57E969 #578EE9 #E957D7

square

#E9B257 #57E969 #578EE9 #E957D7

split-complementary

#E9B257 #57D7E9 #6957E9

monochromatic

#AF7617 #E29921 #E9B257 #F0CB8D #F7E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#E9B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B257

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B257	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)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c889',
    500: '#e9b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b257;
$custom-light: #f4c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.397,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79682,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B257

secondary

#B3C7E8

accent

#5AD90C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B257

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

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