#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
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 7.33, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 55.33, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% 0.0172 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.127 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4679, 52.2961, 16.3456)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9B857	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)

#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

Preview with #E9B857

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

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