#E9B952#E9B952

#E9B952 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B952
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 6.49, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 57.70, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0141 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.132 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4791, 52.6342, 15.3763)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B952 #5282E9

analogous

#E96E52 #E9B952 #CEE952

triadic

#E9B952 #52E9B9 #B952E9

tetradic

#E9B952 #52E96E #5282E9 #E952CE

square

#E9B952 #52E96E #5282E9 #E952CE

split-complementary

#E9B952 #52CEE9 #6E52E9

monochromatic

#AB7B16 #E1A31D #E9B952 #F0CF88 #F7E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E9B952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#E9B952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B952

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B952	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd87',
    500: '#e9b952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b952;
$custom-light: #f4cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.927,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80983,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B952

secondary

#335AAC

accent

#4DDA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B952

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

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