#E9B357#E9B357

#E9B357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B357
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 9.96, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 54.38, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0249 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.126 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4476, 50.2555, 16.0055)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B357 #578DE9

analogous

#E96A57 #E9B357 #D6E957

triadic

#E9B357 #57E9B3 #B357E9

tetradic

#E9B357 #57E96A #578DE9 #E957D6

square

#E9B357 #57E96A #578DE9 #E957D6

split-complementary

#E9B357 #57D6E9 #6A57E9

monochromatic

#AF7717 #E29B21 #E9B357 #F0CB8D #F7E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#E9B357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B357

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B357	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)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c989',
    500: '#e9b357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b357;
$custom-light: #f4c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79874,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B357

secondary

#3562AF

accent

#58D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B357

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

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