#E9BA5B#E9BA5B

#E9BA5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.125 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA5B
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 91)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 6.54, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 53.99, 83.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0154 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.125 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0543, 53.2001, 17.3697)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA5B #5B8AE9

analogous

#E9735B #E9BA5B #D1E95B

triadic

#E9BA5B #5BE9BA #BA5BE9

tetradic

#E9BA5B #5BE973 #5B8AE9 #E95BD1

square

#E9BA5B #5BE973 #5B8AE9 #E95BD1

split-complementary

#E9BA5B #5BD1E9 #735BE9

monochromatic

#B27F18 #E2A325 #E9BA5B #F0D191 #F7E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E9BA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E9BA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA5B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA5B	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.125 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ce8c',
    500: '#e9ba5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba5b;
$custom-light: #f3ce8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81273,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA5B

secondary

#365FB2

accent

#50D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA5B

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

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