#E9B45B#E9B45B

#E9B45B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.123 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B45B
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, 9.70, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 52.80, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0246 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.123 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8167, 50.7250, 16.9572)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B45B #5B90E9

analogous

#E96D5B #E9B45B #D7E95B

triadic

#E9B45B #5BE9B4 #B45BE9

tetradic

#E9B45B #5BE96D #5B90E9 #E95BD7

square

#E9B45B #5BE96D #5B90E9 #E95BD7

split-complementary

#E9B45B #5BD7E9 #6D5BE9

monochromatic

#B27818 #E29B25 #E9B45B #F0CD91 #F7E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#E9B45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B45B

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B45B	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.123 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca8c',
    500: '#e9b45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b45b;
$custom-light: #f4ca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80111,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B45B

secondary

#3664B2

accent

#59D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B45B

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

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