#E9B650#E9B650

#E9B650 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.132 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B650
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 7.95, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 57.94, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0181 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.132 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7832, 51.3622, 14.7743)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B650 #5083E9

analogous

#E96A50 #E9B650 #D0E950

triadic

#E9B650 #50E9B6 #B650E9

tetradic

#E9B650 #50E96A #5083E9 #E950D0

square

#E9B650 #50E96A #5083E9 #E950D0

split-complementary

#E9B650 #50D0E9 #6A50E9

monochromatic

#A97815 #E09E1C #E9B650 #F0CD86 #F7E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#E9B650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B650

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B650	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.132 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb85',
    500: '#e9b650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b650;
$custom-light: #f4cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80379,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B650

secondary

#325BAB

accent

#50DA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B650

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

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