#E9B554#E9B554

#E9B554 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B554
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 84)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 8.72, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 56.04, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0209 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.129 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7313, 51.0150, 15.5080)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B554 #5488E9

analogous

#E96A54 #E9B554 #D3E954

triadic

#E9B554 #54E9B5 #B554E9

tetradic

#E9B554 #54E96A #5488E9 #E954D3

square

#E9B554 #54E96A #5488E9 #E954D3

split-complementary

#E9B554 #54D3E9 #6A54E9

monochromatic

#AC7816 #E29E1E #E9B554 #F0CC8A #F7E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#E9B554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B554

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B554	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb88',
    500: '#e9b554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b554;
$custom-light: #f4cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80227,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B554

secondary

#345EAD

accent

#54D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B554

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

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