#E9B658#E9B658

#E9B658 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.126 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B658
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 88)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 8.44, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 54.49, 81.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0206 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.126 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0965, 51.4876, 16.4248)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B658 #588BE9

analogous

#E96E58 #E9B658 #D3E958

triadic

#E9B658 #58E9B6 #B658E9

tetradic

#E9B658 #58E96E #588BE9 #E958D3

square

#E9B658 #58E96E #588BE9 #E958D3

split-complementary

#E9B658 #58D3E9 #6E58E9

monochromatic

#AF7A17 #E29E22 #E9B658 #F0CE8E #F7E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#E9B658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B658

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B658	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.126 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb8a',
    500: '#e9b658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b658;
$custom-light: #f4cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.897,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80463,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B658

secondary

#3560B0

accent

#54D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B658

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

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