#E9B755#E9B755

#E9B755 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B755
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 7.73, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 56.00, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% 0.0181 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.128 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1803, 51.8499, 15.8523)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B755 #5587E9

analogous

#E96D55 #E9B755 #D1E955

triadic

#E9B755 #55E9B7 #B755E9

tetradic

#E9B755 #55E96D #5587E9 #E955D1

square

#E9B755 #55E96D #5587E9 #E955D1

split-complementary

#E9B755 #55D1E9 #6D55E9

monochromatic

#AD7A16 #E2A01F #E9B755 #F0CE8B #F7E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#E9B755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B755

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B755	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc88',
    500: '#e9b755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b755;
$custom-light: #f4cc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80624,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B755

secondary

#345DAE

accent

#51D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B755

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

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