#E9BA57#E9BA57

#E9BA57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA57
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, 6.28, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 55.75, 83.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0141 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.128 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8863, 53.1329, 16.4851)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA57 #5786E9

analogous

#E97157 #E9BA57 #CFE957

triadic

#E9BA57 #57E9BA #BA57E9

tetradic

#E9BA57 #57E971 #5786E9 #E957CF

square

#E9BA57 #57E971 #5786E9 #E957CF

split-complementary

#E9BA57 #57CFE9 #7157E9

monochromatic

#AF7E17 #E2A421 #E9BA57 #F0D08D #F7E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#E9BA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA57

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA57	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce8a',
    500: '#e9ba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba57;
$custom-light: #f4ce8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.685,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81229,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA57

secondary

#355CAF

accent

#4ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA57

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

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