#E9BA50#E9BA50

#E9BA50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA50
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 5.85, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 58.76, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% 0.012 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.133 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6141, 53.0240, 15.0513)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA50 #507FE9

analogous

#E96E50 #E9BA50 #CBE950

triadic

#E9BA50 #50E9BA #BA50E9

tetradic

#E9BA50 #50E96E #507FE9 #E950CB

square

#E9BA50 #50E96E #507FE9 #E950CB

split-complementary

#E9BA50 #50CBE9 #6E50E9

monochromatic

#A97C15 #E0A41C #E9BA50 #F0CF86 #F7E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#E9BA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA50

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA50	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce86',
    500: '#e9ba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba50;
$custom-light: #f4ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81158,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA50

secondary

#3257AB

accent

#4BDA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA50

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

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