#E9B552#E9B552

#E9B552 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B552
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 8.59, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 56.90, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0203 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.13 81)
XYZ	xyz(51.6541, 50.9841, 15.1013)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B552 #5286E9

analogous

#E96A52 #E9B552 #D1E952

triadic

#E9B552 #52E9B5 #B552E9

tetradic

#E9B552 #52E96A #5286E9 #E952D1

square

#E9B552 #52E96A #5286E9 #E952D1

split-complementary

#E9B552 #52D1E9 #6A52E9

monochromatic

#AB7816 #E19D1D #E9B552 #F0CC88 #F7E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#E9B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B552

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B552	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca86',
    500: '#e9b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b552;
$custom-light: #f4ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.338,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.50981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B552

secondary

#335DAC

accent

#53DA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B552

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

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