#E9B458#E9B458

#E9B458 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B458
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 88)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 9.50, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 54.12, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0237 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.125 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6899, 50.6742, 16.2892)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B458 #588DE9

analogous

#E96B58 #E9B458 #D6E958

triadic

#E9B458 #58E9B4 #B458E9

tetradic

#E9B458 #58E96B #588DE9 #E958D6

square

#E9B458 #58E96B #588DE9 #E958D6

split-complementary

#E9B458 #58D6E9 #6B58E9

monochromatic

#AF7817 #E29C22 #E9B458 #F0CC8E #F7E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E9B458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B458

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B458	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)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca8a',
    500: '#e9b458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b458;
$custom-light: #f4ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.069,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B458

secondary

#3562B0

accent

#57D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B458

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

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