#E9BD62#E9BD62

#E9BD62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.120 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD62
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, 5.46, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 51.51, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.0132 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.12 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0091, 54.6039, 19.2478)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD62 #628EE9

analogous

#E97962 #E9BD62 #D2E962

triadic

#E9BD62 #62E9BD #BD62E9

tetradic

#E9BD62 #62E979 #628EE9 #E962D2

square

#E9BD62 #62E979 #628EE9 #E962D2

split-complementary

#E9BD62 #62D2E9 #7962E9

monochromatic

#B7841A #E1A62C #E9BD62 #F1D498 #F8EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#E9BD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD62

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD62	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.120 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d091',
    500: '#e9bd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd62;
$custom-light: #f3d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81941,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD62

secondary

#3862B7

accent

#50D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD62

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