#E9B355#E9B355

#E9B355 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.127 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B355
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 9.83, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 55.25, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0243 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.127 79)
XYZ	xyz(51.3670, 50.2233, 15.5811)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B355 #558BE9

analogous

#E96955 #E9B355 #D5E955

triadic

#E9B355 #55E9B3 #B355E9

tetradic

#E9B355 #55E969 #558BE9 #E955D5

square

#E9B355 #55E969 #558BE9 #E955D5

split-complementary

#E9B355 #55D5E9 #6955E9

monochromatic

#AD7616 #E29B1F #E9B355 #F0CB8B #F7E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#E9B355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B355

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B355	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)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.127 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c988',
    500: '#e9b355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b355;
$custom-light: #f4c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79852,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.5022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B355

secondary

#3461AE

accent

#57D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B355

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

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