#E9B757#E9B757

#E9B757 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B757
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, 7.85, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 55.13, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0187 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.127 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2609, 51.8822, 16.2766)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B757 #5789E9

analogous

#E96E57 #E9B757 #D2E957

triadic

#E9B757 #57E9B7 #B757E9

tetradic

#E9B757 #57E96E #5789E9 #E957D2

square

#E9B757 #57E96E #5789E9 #E957D2

split-complementary

#E9B757 #57D2E9 #6E57E9

monochromatic

#AF7B17 #E2A021 #E9B757 #F0CE8D #F7E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#E9B757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B757

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B757	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc8a',
    500: '#e9b757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b757;
$custom-light: #f4cc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80646,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B757

secondary

#355FAF

accent

#53D90C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B757

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

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