#E9BB39#E9BB39

#E9BB39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.149 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB39
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 75.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, 4.19, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 67.92, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0046 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.149 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1163, 53.1632, 11.3866)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB39 #3967E9

analogous

#E96339 #E9BB39 #BFE939

triadic

#E9BB39 #39E9BB #BB39E9

tetradic

#E9BB39 #39E963 #3967E9 #E939BF

square

#E9BB39 #39E963 #3967E9 #E939BF

split-complementary

#E9BB39 #39BFE9 #6339E9

monochromatic

#977411 #CE9E17 #E9BB39 #EFCE70 #F5E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#E9BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB39

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB39	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)

#D1BA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.149 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cf79',
    500: '#e9bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb39;
$custom-light: #f5cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.318,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81169,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB39

secondary

#2C499B

accent

#65F631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB39

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

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