#E9BA55#E9BA55

#E9BA55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.130 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA55
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, 6.15, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 56.62, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% 0.0135 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.13 84)
XYZ	xyz(52.8057, 53.1007, 16.0607)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA55 #5584E9

analogous

#E97055 #E9BA55 #CEE955

triadic

#E9BA55 #55E9BA #BA55E9

tetradic

#E9BA55 #55E970 #5584E9 #E955CE

square

#E9BA55 #55E970 #5584E9 #E955CE

split-complementary

#E9BA55 #55CEE9 #7055E9

monochromatic

#AD7D16 #E2A41F #E9BA55 #F0D08B #F7E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#E9BA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA55

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA55	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.130 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce89',
    500: '#e9ba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba55;
$custom-light: #f4ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81208,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.53097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA55

secondary

#345BAE

accent

#4DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA55

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

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