#E9B459#E9B459

#E9B459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.124 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B459
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 9.56, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 53.68, 79.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.024 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.124 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7316, 50.6909, 16.5089)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B459 #598EE9

analogous

#E96C59 #E9B459 #D6E959

triadic

#E9B459 #59E9B4 #B459E9

tetradic

#E9B459 #59E96C #598EE9 #E959D6

square

#E9B459 #59E96C #598EE9 #E959D6

split-complementary

#E9B459 #59D6E9 #6C59E9

monochromatic

#B07817 #E29C23 #E9B459 #F0CC8F #F7E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#E9B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B459

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B459	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.124 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca8b',
    500: '#e9b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b459;
$custom-light: #f4ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80088,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B459

secondary

#3563B1

accent

#58D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B459

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

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