#E9B652#E9B652

#E9B652 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B652
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, 8.07, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 57.09, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0187 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.13 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8582, 51.3922, 15.1693)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B652 #5285E9

analogous

#E96B52 #E9B652 #D1E952

triadic

#E9B652 #52E9B6 #B652E9

tetradic

#E9B652 #52E96B #5285E9 #E952D1

square

#E9B652 #52E96B #5285E9 #E952D1

split-complementary

#E9B652 #52D1E9 #6B52E9

monochromatic

#AB7816 #E19F1D #E9B652 #F0CD88 #F7E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#E9B652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B652

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B652	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb86',
    500: '#e9b652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b652;
$custom-light: #f4cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80399,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B652

secondary

#335CAC

accent

#51DA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B652

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

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