#E9BC53#E9BC53

#E9BC53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.132 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC53
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, 4.98, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 57.92, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% 0.0099 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.132 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1517, 53.9179, 15.7896)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC53 #5380E9

analogous

#E97153 #E9BC53 #CBE953

triadic

#E9BC53 #53E9BC #BC53E9

tetradic

#E9BC53 #53E971 #5380E9 #E953CB

square

#E9BC53 #53E971 #5380E9 #E953CB

split-complementary

#E9BC53 #53CBE9 #7153E9

monochromatic

#AC7F16 #E2A71D #E9BC53 #F0D189 #F7E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#E9BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC53

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC53	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)

#D1BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.132 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf87',
    500: '#e9bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc53;
$custom-light: #f4cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81579,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC53

secondary

#3358AD

accent

#4ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC53

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

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