#E9BC52#E9BC52

#E9BC52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.133 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC52
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, 4.92, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 58.35, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% 0.0096 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.133 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1133, 53.9026, 15.5877)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC52 #527FE9

analogous

#E97152 #E9BC52 #CBE952

triadic

#E9BC52 #52E9BC #BC52E9

tetradic

#E9BC52 #52E971 #527FE9 #E952CB

square

#E9BC52 #52E971 #527FE9 #E952CB

split-complementary

#E9BC52 #52CBE9 #7152E9

monochromatic

#AB7E16 #E1A71D #E9BC52 #F0D188 #F7E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#E9BC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC52

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC52	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.133 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf87',
    500: '#e9bc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc52;
$custom-light: #f4cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81569,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC52

secondary

#3357AC

accent

#49DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC52

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

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