#E9BB5E#E9BB5E

#E9BB5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.123 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB5E
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 6.22, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 52.87, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0149 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.123 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3977, 53.6757, 18.1354)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB5E #5E8CE9

analogous

#E9765E #E9BB5E #D2E95E

triadic

#E9BB5E #5EE9BB #BB5EE9

tetradic

#E9BB5E #5EE976 #5E8CE9 #E95ED2

square

#E9BB5E #5EE976 #5E8CE9 #E95ED2

split-complementary

#E9BB5E #5ED2E9 #765EE9

monochromatic

#B48119 #E2A428 #E9BB5E #F0D294 #F8E8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#E9BB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB5E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB5E	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.123 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf8e',
    500: '#e9bb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb5e;
$custom-light: #f3cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB5E

secondary

#3760B4

accent

#50D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB5E

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

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