#E9B353#E9B353

#E9B353 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B353
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 9.71, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 56.11, 80.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0236 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.129 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2887, 50.1919, 15.1686)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B353 #5389E9

analogous

#E96853 #E9B353 #D4E953

triadic

#E9B353 #53E9B3 #B353E9

tetradic

#E9B353 #53E968 #5389E9 #E953D4

square

#E9B353 #53E968 #5389E9 #E953D4

split-complementary

#E9B353 #53D4E9 #6853E9

monochromatic

#AC7616 #E29B1D #E9B353 #F0CB89 #F7E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#E9B353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B353

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B353	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c987',
    500: '#e9b353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b353;
$custom-light: #f4c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B353

secondary

#335FAD

accent

#56DA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B353

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

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