#E9BA56#E9BA56

#E9BA56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA56
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 6.21, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 56.18, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0138 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.129 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8457, 53.1167, 16.2714)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA56 #5685E9

analogous

#E97056 #E9BA56 #CFE956

triadic

#E9BA56 #56E9BA #BA56E9

tetradic

#E9BA56 #56E970 #5685E9 #E956CF

square

#E9BA56 #56E970 #5685E9 #E956CF

split-complementary

#E9BA56 #56CFE9 #7056E9

monochromatic

#AE7E17 #E2A420 #E9BA56 #F0D08C #F7E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#E9BA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA56

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA56	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)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce89',
    500: '#e9ba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba56;
$custom-light: #f4ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81219,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA56

secondary

#345CAF

accent

#4ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA56

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

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