#E9BA51#E9BA51

#E9BA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA51
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 5.91, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 58.33, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0123 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.133 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6513, 53.0389, 15.2474)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA51 #5180E9

analogous

#E96E51 #E9BA51 #CCE951

triadic

#E9BA51 #51E9BA #BA51E9

tetradic

#E9BA51 #51E96E #5180E9 #E951CC

square

#E9BA51 #51E96E #5180E9 #E951CC

split-complementary

#E9BA51 #51CCE9 #6E51E9

monochromatic

#AA7C16 #E0A41C #E9BA51 #F0D087 #F7E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#E9BA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA51

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA51	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce86',
    500: '#e9ba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba51;
$custom-light: #f4ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.447,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA51

secondary

#3358AB

accent

#4BDA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA51

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

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