#E9B556#E9B556

#E9B556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B556
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, 8.84, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 55.18, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0215 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.127 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8108, 51.0468, 15.9264)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B556 #568AE9

analogous

#E96C56 #E9B556 #D3E956

triadic

#E9B556 #56E9B5 #B556E9

tetradic

#E9B556 #56E96C #568AE9 #E956D3

square

#E9B556 #56E96C #568AE9 #E956D3

split-complementary

#E9B556 #56D3E9 #6C56E9

monochromatic

#AE7817 #E29D20 #E9B556 #F0CD8C #F7E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#E9B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B556

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B556	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb89',
    500: '#e9b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b556;
$custom-light: #f4cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B556

secondary

#3460AF

accent

#55D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B556

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

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