#E9BD52#E9BD52

#E9BD52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.133 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD52
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, 4.40, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 58.58, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0081 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.133 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3277, 54.3313, 15.6592)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD52 #527EE9

analogous

#E97252 #E9BD52 #C9E952

triadic

#E9BD52 #52E9BD #BD52E9

tetradic

#E9BD52 #52E972 #527EE9 #E952C9

square

#E9BD52 #52E972 #527EE9 #E952C9

split-complementary

#E9BD52 #52C9E9 #7252E9

monochromatic

#AB7F16 #E1A81D #E9BD52 #F0D288 #F7E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E9BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD52

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD52	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.133 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d087',
    500: '#e9bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd52;
$custom-light: #f4d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81766,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD52

secondary

#3356AC

accent

#48DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD52

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

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