#E9B35B#E9B35B

#E9B35B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B35B
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 91)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 10.23, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 52.62, 78.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0262 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.123 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6156, 50.3227, 16.8902)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B35B #5B91E9

analogous

#E96C5B #E9B35B #D8E95B

triadic

#E9B35B #5BE9B3 #B35BE9

tetradic

#E9B35B #5BE96C #5B91E9 #E95BD8

square

#E9B35B #5BE96C #5B91E9 #E95BD8

split-complementary

#E9B35B #5BD8E9 #6C5BE9

monochromatic

#B27718 #E29A25 #E9B35B #F0CC91 #F7E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E9B35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B35B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B35B	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)

#C8B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c98c',
    500: '#e9b35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b35b;
$custom-light: #f4c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79919,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B35B

secondary

#3665B2

accent

#5AD90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B35B

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

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