#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
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 10.55, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 53.77, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0268 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.125 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2890, 49.8726, 16.1556)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9B258	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)

#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

Preview with #E9B258

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

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