#E9BD59#E9BD59

#E9BD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.128 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD59
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, 4.84, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 55.54, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% 0.0102 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.128 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6078, 54.4434, 17.1343)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD59 #5985E9

analogous

#E97559 #E9BD59 #CDE959

triadic

#E9BD59 #59E9BD #BD59E9

tetradic

#E9BD59 #59E975 #5985E9 #E959CD

square

#E9BD59 #59E975 #5985E9 #E959CD

split-complementary

#E9BD59 #59CDE9 #7559E9

monochromatic

#B08217 #E2A823 #E9BD59 #F0D28F #F7E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#E9BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD59

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD59	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.128 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d08b',
    500: '#e9bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd59;
$custom-light: #f3d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81838,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD59

secondary

#355BB1

accent

#4BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD59

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

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