#E9B557#E9B557

#E9B557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.126 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B557
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 8.91, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 54.74, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0218 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.126 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8513, 51.0630, 16.1401)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B557 #578BE9

analogous

#E96C57 #E9B557 #D4E957

triadic

#E9B557 #57E9B5 #B557E9

tetradic

#E9B557 #57E96C #578BE9 #E957D4

square

#E9B557 #57E96C #578BE9 #E957D4

split-complementary

#E9B557 #57D4E9 #6C57E9

monochromatic

#AF7917 #E29D21 #E9B557 #F0CD8D #F7E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#E9B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B557

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B557	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)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.126 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb8a',
    500: '#e9b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b557;
$custom-light: #f4cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80259,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B557

secondary

#3560AF

accent

#55D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B557

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

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