#E9BD53#E9BD53

#E9BD53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.133 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD53
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, 4.46, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 58.15, 85.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% 0.0083 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.133 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3660, 54.3467, 15.8610)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD53 #537FE9

analogous

#E97253 #E9BD53 #CAE953

triadic

#E9BD53 #53E9BD #BD53E9

tetradic

#E9BD53 #53E972 #537FE9 #E953CA

square

#E9BD53 #53E972 #537FE9 #E953CA

split-complementary

#E9BD53 #53CAE9 #7253E9

monochromatic

#AC8016 #E2A81D #E9BD53 #F0D289 #F7E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E9BD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD53

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD53	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)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.133 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d088',
    500: '#e9bd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd53;
$custom-light: #f4d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD53

secondary

#3357AD

accent

#48DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD53

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

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