#E9B258#E9B258

#E9B258 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9B258
RGBrgb(233, 178, 88)
HSLhsl(37, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(37, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.99, 10.55, 52.72)
CIE-LCHlch(75.99, 53.77, 78.68°)
OKLaboklab(79.69% 0.0268 0.1217)
OKLCHoklch(79.69% 0.125 77.6)
XYZxyz(51.2890, 49.8726, 16.1556)
Luminance0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9B258 #588FE9
analogous
#E96958 #E9B258 #D8E958
triadic
#E9B258 #58E9B2 #B258E9
tetradic
#E9B258 #58E969 #588FE9 #E958D8
square
#E9B258 #58E969 #588FE9 #E958D8
split-complementary
#E9B258 #58D8E9 #6958E9
monochromatic
#AF7617 #E29922 #E9B258 #F0CB8E #F7E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#E9B258 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97
#E9B258 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B258
10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9B258#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9B2581.001.9110.9710.97
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9721.001.001.00
##00000010.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B34F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C15B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCA39E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 77.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c88a',
    500: '#e9b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9b258;
$custom-light: #f4c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79693,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9B258
secondary
#B4C8E8
accent
#5AD90D
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18130C
muted
#86827D

Preview Lab

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#E9B258 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva