#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
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, 6.93, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 54.66, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0163 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.126 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7592, 52.7462, 16.8514)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9B959	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9B959

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

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