#E9BC39#E9BC39

#E9BC39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.149 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC39
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 75.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 3.67, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 68.13, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% 0.0031 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.149 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.3291, 53.5889, 11.4576)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC39 #3966E9

analogous

#E96439 #E9BC39 #BEE939

triadic

#E9BC39 #39E9BC #BC39E9

tetradic

#E9BC39 #39E964 #3966E9 #E939BE

square

#E9BC39 #39E964 #3966E9 #E939BE

split-complementary

#E9BC39 #39BEE9 #6439E9

monochromatic

#977511 #CE9F17 #E9BC39 #EFCF70 #F5E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E9BC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC39

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC39	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)

#D2BA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.149 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cf79',
    500: '#e9bc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc39;
$custom-light: #f5cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.659,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81366,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC39

secondary

#2C489B

accent

#64F631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC39

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

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