#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
RGBrgb(233, 186, 87)
HSLhsl(41, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(41, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.95, 6.28, 55.39)
CIE-LCHlch(77.95, 55.75, 83.53°)
OKLaboklab(81.23% 0.0141 0.1273)
OKLCHoklch(81.23% 0.128 83.7)
XYZxyz(52.8863, 53.1329, 16.4851)
Luminance0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9BA571.001.8111.6311.63
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6321.001.001.00
##00000011.6321.001.001.00

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

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#E9BA57 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva