#E9BC57#E9BC57

#E9BC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.129 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC57
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, 5.23, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 56.19, 84.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% 0.0111 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.129 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3106, 53.9815, 16.6265)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC57 #5784E9

analogous

#E97357 #E9BC57 #CDE957

triadic

#E9BC57 #57E9BC #BC57E9

tetradic

#E9BC57 #57E973 #5784E9 #E957CD

square

#E9BC57 #57E973 #5784E9 #E957CD

split-complementary

#E9BC57 #57CDE9 #7357E9

monochromatic

#AF8017 #E2A621 #E9BC57 #F0D28D #F7E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E9BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC57

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC57	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.129 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf8a',
    500: '#e9bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc57;
$custom-light: #f4cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC57

secondary

#355BAF

accent

#4CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC57

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

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