#E9BD5A#E9BD5A

#E9BD5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.127 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD5A
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 90)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, 4.90, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 55.10, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% 0.0105 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.127 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6501, 54.4603, 17.3569)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD5A #5A86E9

analogous

#E9755A #E9BD5A #CEE95A

triadic

#E9BD5A #5AE9BD #BD5AE9

tetradic

#E9BD5A #5AE975 #5A86E9 #E95ACE

square

#E9BD5A #5AE975 #5A86E9 #E95ACE

split-complementary

#E9BD5A #5ACEE9 #755AE9

monochromatic

#B18218 #E2A724 #E9BD5A #F0D390 #F7E8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#E9BD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD5A

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD5A	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)

#D1BC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.127 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d08c',
    500: '#e9bd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd5a;
$custom-light: #f3d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81849,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD5A

secondary

#365CB1

accent

#4CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD5A

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

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