#E9B551#E9B551

#E9B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.131 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B551
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 8.53, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 57.33, 81.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.02 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.131 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6163, 50.9690, 14.9024)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B551 #5185E9

analogous

#E96951 #E9B551 #D1E951

triadic

#E9B551 #51E9B5 #B551E9

tetradic

#E9B551 #51E969 #5185E9 #E951D1

square

#E9B551 #51E969 #5185E9 #E951D1

split-complementary

#E9B551 #51D1E9 #6951E9

monochromatic

#AA7716 #E09D1C #E9B551 #F0CC87 #F7E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#E9B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B551

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B551	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.131 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca86',
    500: '#e9b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b551;
$custom-light: #f4ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B551

secondary

#335CAB

accent

#52DA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B551

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

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