#E9BD56#E9BD56

#E9BD56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD56
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, 4.64, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 56.86, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% 0.0093 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4844, 54.3940, 16.4843)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD56 #5682E9

analogous

#E97456 #E9BD56 #CBE956

triadic

#E9BD56 #56E9BD #BD56E9

tetradic

#E9BD56 #56E974 #5682E9 #E956CB

square

#E9BD56 #56E974 #5682E9 #E956CB

split-complementary

#E9BD56 #56CBE9 #7456E9

monochromatic

#AE8117 #E2A820 #E9BD56 #F0D28C #F7E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E9BD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD56

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD56	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d089',
    500: '#e9bd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd56;
$custom-light: #f4d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81806,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD56

secondary

#3459AF

accent

#4AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD56

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

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