#E9B457#E9B457

#E9B457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.126 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B457
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 9.43, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 54.56, 80.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0234 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.126 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6487, 50.6578, 16.0726)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B457 #578CE9

analogous

#E96B57 #E9B457 #D5E957

triadic

#E9B457 #57E9B4 #B457E9

tetradic

#E9B457 #57E96B #578CE9 #E957D5

square

#E9B457 #57E96B #578CE9 #E957D5

split-complementary

#E9B457 #57D5E9 #6B57E9

monochromatic

#AF7817 #E29C21 #E9B457 #F0CC8D #F7E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E9B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B457

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B457	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.126 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca8a',
    500: '#e9b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b457;
$custom-light: #f4ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80066,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B457

secondary

#3561AF

accent

#57D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B457

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

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