#E9B35A#E9B35A

#E9B35A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B35A
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, 10.16, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 53.06, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0259 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.123 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5727, 50.3056, 16.6645)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B35A #5A90E9

analogous

#E96B5A #E9B35A #D7E95A

triadic

#E9B35A #5AE9B3 #B35AE9

tetradic

#E9B35A #5AE96B #5A90E9 #E95AD7

square

#E9B35A #5AE96B #5A90E9 #E95AD7

split-complementary

#E9B35A #5AD7E9 #6B5AE9

monochromatic

#B17718 #E29A24 #E9B35A #F0CC90 #F7E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E9B35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B35A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B35A	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)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c98b',
    500: '#e9b35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b35a;
$custom-light: #f4c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.343,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79907,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B35A

secondary

#3664B1

accent

#5AD90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B35A

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

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