#E9BB59#E9BB59

#E9BB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB59
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 5.88, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 55.09, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0133 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.127 84)
XYZ	xyz(53.1806, 53.5889, 16.9919)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB59 #5987E9

analogous

#E97359 #E9BB59 #CFE959

triadic

#E9BB59 #59E9BB #BB59E9

tetradic

#E9BB59 #59E973 #5987E9 #E959CF

square

#E9BB59 #59E973 #5987E9 #E959CF

split-complementary

#E9BB59 #59CFE9 #7359E9

monochromatic

#B07F17 #E2A523 #E9BB59 #F0D18F #F7E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E9BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB59

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB59	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf8b',
    500: '#e9bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb59;
$custom-light: #f4cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81446,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.53586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB59

secondary

#355DB1

accent

#4ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB59

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

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