#E9B750#E9B750

#E9B750 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B750
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 7.42, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 58.14, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0166 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.132 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9887, 51.7733, 14.8429)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B750 #5082E9

analogous

#E96B50 #E9B750 #CFE950

triadic

#E9B750 #50E9B7 #B750E9

tetradic

#E9B750 #50E96B #5082E9 #E950CF

square

#E9B750 #50E96B #5082E9 #E950CF

split-complementary

#E9B750 #50CFE9 #6B50E9

monochromatic

#A97915 #E0A01C #E9B750 #F0CD86 #F7E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B750 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#E9B750 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B750

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B750	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B750	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b750;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc85',
    500: '#e9b750',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b750;
$custom-light: #f4cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b750",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.392,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80573,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B750

secondary

#325AAB

accent

#4FDA0C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B750

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

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