#E9B655#E9B655

#E9B655 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B655
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 8.25, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 55.80, 81.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0196 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.128 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9748, 51.4389, 15.7837)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B655 #5588E9

analogous

#E96C55 #E9B655 #D2E955

triadic

#E9B655 #55E9B6 #B655E9

tetradic

#E9B655 #55E96C #5588E9 #E955D2

square

#E9B655 #55E96C #5588E9 #E955D2

split-complementary

#E9B655 #55D2E9 #6C55E9

monochromatic

#AD7916 #E29F1F #E9B655 #F0CD8B #F7E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#E9B655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B655

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B655	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb88',
    500: '#e9b655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b655;
$custom-light: #f4cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80431,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B655

secondary

#345EAE

accent

#53D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B655

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

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