#E9B850#E9B850

#E9B850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.133 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B850
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, 6.90, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 58.34, 83.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0151 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.133 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1957, 52.1873, 14.9119)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B850 #5081E9

analogous

#E96C50 #E9B850 #CEE950

triadic

#E9B850 #50E9B8 #B850E9

tetradic

#E9B850 #50E96C #5081E9 #E950CE

square

#E9B850 #50E96C #5081E9 #E950CE

split-complementary

#E9B850 #50CEE9 #6C50E9

monochromatic

#A97A15 #E0A11C #E9B850 #F0CE86 #F7E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#E9B850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B850

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B850	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.133 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd85',
    500: '#e9b850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b850;
$custom-light: #f4cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.784,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B850

secondary

#3259AB

accent

#4EDA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B850

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

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