#E9BA59#E9BA59

#E9BA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.127 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA59
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, 6.41, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 54.87, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.0148 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.127 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9691, 53.1661, 16.9214)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA59 #5988E9

analogous

#E97259 #E9BA59 #D0E959

triadic

#E9BA59 #59E9BA #BA59E9

tetradic

#E9BA59 #59E972 #5988E9 #E959D0

square

#E9BA59 #59E972 #5988E9 #E959D0

split-complementary

#E9BA59 #59D0E9 #7259E9

monochromatic

#B07E17 #E2A423 #E9BA59 #F0D08F #F7E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#E9BA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA59

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA59	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)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.127 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce8b',
    500: '#e9ba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba59;
$custom-light: #f4ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81251,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA59

secondary

#355EB1

accent

#4FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA59

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

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