#E9B659#E9B659

#E9B659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.125 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B659
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 8.51, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 54.05, 80.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0209 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.125 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1382, 51.5043, 16.6444)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B659 #598CE9

analogous

#E96E59 #E9B659 #D4E959

triadic

#E9B659 #59E9B6 #B659E9

tetradic

#E9B659 #59E96E #598CE9 #E959D4

square

#E9B659 #59E96E #598CE9 #E959D4

split-complementary

#E9B659 #59D4E9 #6E59E9

monochromatic

#B07A17 #E29E23 #E9B659 #F0CE8F #F7E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#E9B659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B659

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B659	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)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.125 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb8b',
    500: '#e9b659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b659;
$custom-light: #f4cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80474,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B659

secondary

#3561B1

accent

#55D90D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B659

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

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