#E9B555#E9B555

#E9B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B555
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 8.78, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 55.61, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0212 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.128 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7708, 51.0308, 15.7157)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B555 #5589E9

analogous

#E96B55 #E9B555 #D3E955

triadic

#E9B555 #55E9B5 #B555E9

tetradic

#E9B555 #55E96B #5589E9 #E955D3

square

#E9B555 #55E96B #5589E9 #E955D3

split-complementary

#E9B555 #55D3E9 #6B55E9

monochromatic

#AD7816 #E29D1F #E9B555 #F0CD8B #F7E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#E9B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B555

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B555	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb88',
    500: '#e9b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b555;
$custom-light: #f4cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B555

secondary

#345FAE

accent

#54D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B555

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

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