#E9B558#E9B558

#E9B558 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.125 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B558
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 8.97, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 54.30, 80.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0221 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.125 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8925, 51.0795, 16.3568)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B558 #588CE9

analogous

#E96C58 #E9B558 #D4E958

triadic

#E9B558 #58E9B5 #B558E9

tetradic

#E9B558 #58E96C #588CE9 #E958D4

square

#E9B558 #58E96C #588CE9 #E958D4

split-complementary

#E9B558 #58D4E9 #6C58E9

monochromatic

#AF7917 #E29D22 #E9B558 #F0CD8E #F7E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#E9B558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B558

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B558	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.125 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb8a',
    500: '#e9b558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b558;
$custom-light: #f4cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8027,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B558

secondary

#3561B0

accent

#56D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B558

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

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