#E9B950#E9B950

#E9B950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.133 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B950
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, 6.37, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 58.55, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% 0.0135 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.133 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4041, 52.6042, 14.9813)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B950 #5080E9

analogous

#E96D50 #E9B950 #CDE950

triadic

#E9B950 #50E9B9 #B950E9

tetradic

#E9B950 #50E96D #5080E9 #E950CD

square

#E9B950 #50E96D #5080E9 #E950CD

split-complementary

#E9B950 #50CDE9 #6D50E9

monochromatic

#A97B15 #E0A21C #E9B950 #F0CF86 #F7E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E9B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#E9B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B950

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B950	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.133 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd85',
    500: '#e9b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b950;
$custom-light: #f4cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.176,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B950

secondary

#3258AB

accent

#4CDA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B950

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

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