#E9BD57#E9BD57

#E9BD57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD57
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, 4.71, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 56.42, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% 0.0096 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.129 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5250, 54.4102, 16.6980)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD57 #5783E9

analogous

#E97457 #E9BD57 #CCE957

triadic

#E9BD57 #57E9BD #BD57E9

tetradic

#E9BD57 #57E974 #5783E9 #E957CC

square

#E9BD57 #57E974 #5783E9 #E957CC

split-complementary

#E9BD57 #57CCE9 #7457E9

monochromatic

#AF8117 #E2A821 #E9BD57 #F0D28D #F7E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E9BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD57

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD57	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)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d08a',
    500: '#e9bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd57;
$custom-light: #f4d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81816,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD57

secondary

#355AAF

accent

#4AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD57

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

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