#E9BB55#E9BB55

#E9BB55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.130 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB55
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 5.63, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 56.84, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% 0.012 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.13 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0171, 53.5235, 16.1312)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB55 #5583E9

analogous

#E97155 #E9BB55 #CDE955

triadic

#E9BB55 #55E9BB #BB55E9

tetradic

#E9BB55 #55E971 #5583E9 #E955CD

square

#E9BB55 #55E971 #5583E9 #E955CD

split-complementary

#E9BB55 #55CDE9 #7155E9

monochromatic

#AD7E16 #E2A51F #E9BB55 #F0D18B #F7E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E9BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB55

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB55	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.130 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf89',
    500: '#e9bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb55;
$custom-light: #f4cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81404,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB55

secondary

#345AAE

accent

#4CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB55

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

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