#E9B75E#E9B75E
#E9B75E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.121 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9B75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 183, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(38, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(38, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.28, 8.33, 51.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.28, 52.03, 80.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.73% 0.021 0.1195) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.73% 0.121 80) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.5609, 52.0022, 17.8565) |
| Luminance | 0.5200 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.62
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.00
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.10
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.30
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.64
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 6.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9B75E #5E90E9
analogous
#E9725E #E9B75E #D6E95E
triadic
#E9B75E #5EE9B7 #B75EE9
tetradic
#E9B75E #5EE972 #5E90E9 #E95ED6
square
#E9B75E #5EE972 #5E90E9 #E95ED6
split-complementary
#E9B75E #5ED6E9 #725EE9
monochromatic
#B47C19 #E29F28 #E9B75E #F0CF94 #F8E7CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.84
#E9B75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.40
#E9B75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9B75E
11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9B75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9B75E | 1.00 | 1.84 | 11.40 | 11.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB855
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C461
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBA8A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9b75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.121 80.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3cc8e',
500: '#e9b75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9b75e; $custom-light: #f3cc8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9b75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 183,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 38.417,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80725,
"c": 0.12137,
"h": 80
},
"luminance": 0.51999
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9B75E
secondary
#3764B4
accent
#56D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFAF4
border
#D7D3CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F