#E9B857#E9B857

#E9B857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.127 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9B857
RGBrgb(233, 184, 87)
HSLhsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.46, 7.33, 54.84)
CIE-LCHlch(77.46, 55.33, 82.39°)
OKLaboklab(80.84% 0.0172 0.1261)
OKLCHoklch(80.84% 0.127 82.2)
XYZxyz(52.4679, 52.2961, 16.3456)
Luminance0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9B857 #5788E9
analogous
#E96F57 #E9B857 #D1E957
triadic
#E9B857 #57E9B8 #B857E9
tetradic
#E9B857 #57E96F #5788E9 #E957D1
square
#E9B857 #57E96F #5788E9 #E957D1
split-complementary
#E9B857 #57D1E9 #6F57E9
monochromatic
#AF7C17 #E2A121 #E9B857 #F0CF8D #F7E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#E9B857 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46
#E9B857 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B857
11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9B857#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9B8571.001.8311.4611.46
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4621.001.001.00
##00000011.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB84D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C45A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCA9A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9b857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.127 82.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd8a',
    500: '#e9b857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9b857;
$custom-light: #f4cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9b857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9B857
secondary
#355EAF
accent
#51D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFAF4
border
#D7D3CE
text
#18130C
muted
#86837F

Preview Lab

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#E9B857 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva