#E9B25A#E9B25A
#E9B25A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.123 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9B25A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 178, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(37, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(37, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.01, 10.69, 51.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.01, 52.89, 78.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.72% 0.0274 0.12) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.72% 0.123 77.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.3730, 49.9062, 16.5979) |
| Luminance | 0.4990 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.86
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.87
Squash
#F2AB15
ΔE00 6.21
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.42
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.53
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9B25A #5A91E9
analogous
#E96A5A #E9B25A #D9E95A
triadic
#E9B25A #5AE9B2 #B25AE9
tetradic
#E9B25A #5AE96A #5A91E9 #E95AD9
square
#E9B25A #5AE96A #5A91E9 #E95AD9
split-complementary
#E9B25A #5AD9E9 #6A5AE9
monochromatic
#B17618 #E29924 #E9B25A #F0CB90 #F7E4C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#E9B25A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.98
#E9B25A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9B25A
10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9B25A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9B25A | 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)
#C7B351
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C15D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCA39E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9b25a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.123 77.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4c88b',
500: '#e9b25a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9b25a; $custom-light: #f4c88b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9b25a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 178,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 36.923,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79716,
"c": 0.1231,
"h": 77.1
},
"luminance": 0.49903
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9B25A
secondary
#B6CAE9
accent
#5BD90D
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18130C
muted
#86827D