#E9B759#E9B759

#E9B759 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.125 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B759
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 7.98, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 54.25, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0194 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.125 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3438, 51.9153, 16.7129)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B759 #598BE9

analogous

#E96F59 #E9B759 #D3E959

triadic

#E9B759 #59E9B7 #B759E9

tetradic

#E9B759 #59E96F #598BE9 #E959D3

square

#E9B759 #59E96F #598BE9 #E959D3

split-complementary

#E9B759 #59D3E9 #6F59E9

monochromatic

#B07B17 #E2A023 #E9B759 #F0CE8F #F7E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#E9B759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B759

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B759	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.125 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc8b',
    500: '#e9b759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b759;
$custom-light: #f4cc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80668,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B759

secondary

#3560B1

accent

#54D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B759

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

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