#E9B359#E9B359

#E9B359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.124 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B359
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 10.09, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 53.50, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0255 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.124 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5304, 50.2886, 16.4418)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B359 #598FE9

analogous

#E96B59 #E9B359 #D7E959

triadic

#E9B359 #59E9B3 #B359E9

tetradic

#E9B359 #59E96B #598FE9 #E959D7

square

#E9B359 #59E96B #598FE9 #E959D7

split-complementary

#E9B359 #59D7E9 #6B59E9

monochromatic

#B07717 #E29A23 #E9B359 #F0CC8F #F7E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E9B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B359

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B359	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.124 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c98b',
    500: '#e9b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b359;
$custom-light: #f4c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79896,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B359

secondary

#3564B1

accent

#59D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B359

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

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