#E9B352#E9B352

#E9B352 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B352
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 9.65, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 56.54, 80.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0233 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.129 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2504, 50.1766, 14.9667)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B352 #5288E9

analogous

#E96852 #E9B352 #D4E952

triadic

#E9B352 #52E9B3 #B352E9

tetradic

#E9B352 #52E968 #5288E9 #E952D4

square

#E9B352 #52E968 #5288E9 #E952D4

split-complementary

#E9B352 #52D4E9 #6852E9

monochromatic

#AB7616 #E19B1D #E9B352 #F0CB88 #F7E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E9B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B352

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B352	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c986',
    500: '#e9b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b352;
$custom-light: #f4c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.543,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7982,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B352

secondary

#335EAC

accent

#55DA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B352

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