#E9B951#E9B951

#E9B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B951
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 6.43, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 58.12, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0138 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.132 84)
XYZ	xyz(52.4414, 52.6191, 15.1774)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B951 #5181E9

analogous

#E96D51 #E9B951 #CDE951

triadic

#E9B951 #51E9B9 #B951E9

tetradic

#E9B951 #51E96D #5181E9 #E951CD

square

#E9B951 #51E96D #5181E9 #E951CD

split-complementary

#E9B951 #51CDE9 #6D51E9

monochromatic

#AA7B16 #E0A31C #E9B951 #F0CF87 #F7E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E9B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#E9B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B951

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B951	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)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd86',
    500: '#e9b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b951;
$custom-light: #f4cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80973,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.52616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B951

secondary

#3359AB

accent

#4DDA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B951

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

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