#E9B559#E9B559

#E9B559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.125 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B559
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 9.04, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 53.86, 80.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0225 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.125 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9342, 51.0961, 16.5764)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B559 #598DE9

analogous

#E96D59 #E9B559 #D5E959

triadic

#E9B559 #59E9B5 #B559E9

tetradic

#E9B559 #59E96D #598DE9 #E959D5

square

#E9B559 #59E96D #598DE9 #E959D5

split-complementary

#E9B559 #59D5E9 #6D59E9

monochromatic

#B07917 #E29D23 #E9B559 #F0CD8F #F7E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#E9B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B559

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B559	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)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.125 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb8b',
    500: '#e9b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b559;
$custom-light: #f4cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80281,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B559

secondary

#3562B1

accent

#56D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B559

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

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