#E9B859#E9B859

#E9B859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.126 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B859
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, 7.46, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 54.45, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0178 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.126 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5508, 52.3293, 16.7819)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B859 #598AE9

analogous

#E97059 #E9B859 #D2E959

triadic

#E9B859 #59E9B8 #B859E9

tetradic

#E9B859 #59E970 #598AE9 #E959D2

square

#E9B859 #59E970 #598AE9 #E959D2

split-complementary

#E9B859 #59D2E9 #7059E9

monochromatic

#B07C17 #E2A123 #E9B859 #F0CF8F #F7E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E9B859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#E9B859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B859

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B859	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.126 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd8b',
    500: '#e9b859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b859;
$custom-light: #f4cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B859

secondary

#355FB1

accent

#52D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B859

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

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