#E9BB5B#E9BB5B

#E9BB5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.125 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB5B
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 6.02, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 54.20, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0139 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.125 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2657, 53.6229, 17.4402)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB5B #5B89E9

analogous

#E9745B #E9BB5B #D0E95B

triadic

#E9BB5B #5BE9BB #BB5BE9

tetradic

#E9BB5B #5BE974 #5B89E9 #E95BD0

square

#E9BB5B #5BE974 #5B89E9 #E95BD0

split-complementary

#E9BB5B #5BD0E9 #745BE9

monochromatic

#B28018 #E2A525 #E9BB5B #F0D191 #F7E8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E9BB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB5B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB5B	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)

#CFBB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.125 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf8c',
    500: '#e9bb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb5b;
$custom-light: #f3cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB5B

secondary

#365EB2

accent

#4FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB5B

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

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