#E9B856#E9B856

#E9B856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B856
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 7.26, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 55.76, 82.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0169 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.128 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4273, 52.2799, 16.1320)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B856 #5687E9

analogous

#E96F56 #E9B856 #D0E956

triadic

#E9B856 #56E9B8 #B856E9

tetradic

#E9B856 #56E96F #5687E9 #E956D0

square

#E9B856 #56E96F #5687E9 #E956D0

split-complementary

#E9B856 #56D0E9 #6F56E9

monochromatic

#AE7C17 #E2A120 #E9B856 #F0CF8C #F7E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E9B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#E9B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B856

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B856	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd89',
    500: '#e9b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b856;
$custom-light: #f4cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80829,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B856

secondary

#345DAF

accent

#51D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B856

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

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