#E9B959#E9B959

#E9B959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9B959
RGBrgb(233, 185, 89)
HSLhsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(40, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.72, 6.93, 54.22)
CIE-LCHlch(77.72, 54.66, 82.71°)
OKLaboklab(81.06% 0.0163 0.1251)
OKLCHoklch(81.06% 0.126 82.6)
XYZxyz(52.7592, 52.7462, 16.8514)
Luminance0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9B959 #5989E9
analogous
#E97159 #E9B959 #D1E959
triadic
#E9B959 #59E9B9 #B959E9
tetradic
#E9B959 #59E971 #5989E9 #E959D1
square
#E9B959 #59E971 #5989E9 #E959D1
split-complementary
#E9B959 #59D1E9 #7159E9
monochromatic
#B07D17 #E2A223 #E9B959 #F0D08F #F7E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#E9B959 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55
#E9B959 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B959
11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9B959#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9B9591.001.8211.5511.55
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5521.001.001.00
##00000011.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB94F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C55C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBAAA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9b959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 82.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd8b',
    500: '#e9b959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9b959;
$custom-light: #f4cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9b959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81056,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9B959
secondary
#355FB1
accent
#51D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFAF4
border
#D7D3CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

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#E9B959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva