#E9B356#E9B356

#E9B356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B356
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 9.90, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 54.81, 79.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0246 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.126 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4070, 50.2393, 15.7919)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B356 #568CE9

analogous

#E96956 #E9B356 #D6E956

triadic

#E9B356 #56E9B3 #B356E9

tetradic

#E9B356 #56E969 #568CE9 #E956D6

square

#E9B356 #56E969 #568CE9 #E956D6

split-complementary

#E9B356 #56D6E9 #6956E9

monochromatic

#AE7617 #E29B20 #E9B356 #F0CB8C #F7E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#E9B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B356

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B356	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c989',
    500: '#e9b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b356;
$custom-light: #f4c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79863,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B356

secondary

#3461AF

accent

#58D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B356

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

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