#E9B259#E9B259

#E9B259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.124 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B259
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 10.62, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 53.33, 78.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0271 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.124 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3307, 49.8893, 16.3753)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B259 #5990E9

analogous

#E96A59 #E9B259 #D8E959

triadic

#E9B259 #59E9B2 #B259E9

tetradic

#E9B259 #59E96A #5990E9 #E959D8

square

#E9B259 #59E96A #5990E9 #E959D8

split-complementary

#E9B259 #59D8E9 #6A59E9

monochromatic

#B07617 #E29923 #E9B259 #F0CB8F #F7E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E9B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B259

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B259	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.124 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c88b',
    500: '#e9b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b259;
$custom-light: #f4c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79704,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B259

secondary

#B5C9E9

accent

#5BD90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B259

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

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