#E9BB50#E9BB50

#E9BB50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB50
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 5.32, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 58.98, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.0105 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.134 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8255, 53.4468, 15.1218)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB50 #507EE9

analogous

#E96F50 #E9BB50 #CBE950

triadic

#E9BB50 #50E9BB #BB50E9

tetradic

#E9BB50 #50E96F #507EE9 #E950CB

square

#E9BB50 #50E96F #507EE9 #E950CB

split-complementary

#E9BB50 #50CBE9 #6F50E9

monochromatic

#A97D15 #E0A51C #E9BB50 #F0D086 #F7E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E9BB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#E9BB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB50

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB50	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf86',
    500: '#e9bb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb50;
$custom-light: #f4cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB50

secondary

#3257AB

accent

#4ADA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB50

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

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