#E9B358#E9B358

#E9B358 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B358
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 88)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 10.03, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 53.94, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0252 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.125 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4887, 50.2720, 16.2222)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B358 #588EE9

analogous

#E96A58 #E9B358 #D7E958

triadic

#E9B358 #58E9B3 #B358E9

tetradic

#E9B358 #58E96A #588EE9 #E958D7

square

#E9B358 #58E96A #588EE9 #E958D7

split-complementary

#E9B358 #58D7E9 #6A58E9

monochromatic

#AF7717 #E29A22 #E9B358 #F0CC8E #F7E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#E9B358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B358

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B358	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)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c98a',
    500: '#e9b358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b358;
$custom-light: #f4c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.655,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79885,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B358

secondary

#3563B0

accent

#59D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B358

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

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