#E9BC55#E9BC55

#E9BC55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.131 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC55
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 5.10, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 57.06, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% 0.0105 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.131 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2300, 53.9493, 16.2021)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC55 #5582E9

analogous

#E97255 #E9BC55 #CCE955

triadic

#E9BC55 #55E9BC #BC55E9

tetradic

#E9BC55 #55E972 #5582E9 #E955CC

square

#E9BC55 #55E972 #5582E9 #E955CC

split-complementary

#E9BC55 #55CCE9 #7255E9

monochromatic

#AD7F16 #E2A71F #E9BC55 #F0D18B #F7E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E9BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC55

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC55	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.131 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf89',
    500: '#e9bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc55;
$custom-light: #f4cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81599,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC55

secondary

#3459AE

accent

#4BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC55

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

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