#E9B656#E9B656

#E9B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B656
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 8.31, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 55.37, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.02 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.127 81)
XYZ	xyz(52.0148, 51.4549, 15.9945)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B656 #5689E9

analogous

#E96D56 #E9B656 #D2E956

triadic

#E9B656 #56E9B6 #B656E9

tetradic

#E9B656 #56E96D #5689E9 #E956D2

square

#E9B656 #56E96D #5689E9 #E956D2

split-complementary

#E9B656 #56D2E9 #6D56E9

monochromatic

#AE7917 #E29F20 #E9B656 #F0CD8C #F7E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#E9B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B656

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B656	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)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb89',
    500: '#e9b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b656;
$custom-light: #f4cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80441,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.51451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B656

secondary

#345FAF

accent

#53D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B656

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

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