#E9BC5A#E9BC5A

#E9BC5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.127 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC5A
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 90)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 5.43, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 54.87, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% 0.012 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.127 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4357, 54.0315, 17.2855)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC5A #5A87E9

analogous

#E9745A #E9BC5A #CEE95A

triadic

#E9BC5A #5AE9BC #BC5AE9

tetradic

#E9BC5A #5AE974 #5A87E9 #E95ACE

square

#E9BC5A #5AE974 #5A87E9 #E95ACE

split-complementary

#E9BC5A #5ACEE9 #745AE9

monochromatic

#B18118 #E2A624 #E9BC5A #F0D290 #F7E8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#E9BC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC5A

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC5A	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.127 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf8c',
    500: '#e9bc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc5a;
$custom-light: #f3cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.119,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC5A

secondary

#365DB1

accent

#4DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC5A

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

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