#E9BC56#E9BC56

#E9BC56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.130 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC56
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 5.17, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 56.63, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% 0.0108 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.13 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2700, 53.9653, 16.4129)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC56 #5683E9

analogous

#E97356 #E9BC56 #CCE956

triadic

#E9BC56 #56E9BC #BC56E9

tetradic

#E9BC56 #56E973 #5683E9 #E956CC

square

#E9BC56 #56E973 #5683E9 #E956CC

split-complementary

#E9BC56 #56CCE9 #7356E9

monochromatic

#AE8017 #E2A720 #E9BC56 #F0D18C #F7E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E9BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC56

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC56	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)

#D1BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.130 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf89',
    500: '#e9bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc56;
$custom-light: #f4cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8161,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC56

secondary

#345AAF

accent

#4BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC56

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

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