#E9BE57#E9BE57

#E9BE57 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.130 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE57
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, 4.18, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 56.66, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% 0.0081 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.13 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7408, 54.8419, 16.7699)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE57 #5782E9

analogous

#E97557 #E9BE57 #CBE957

triadic

#E9BE57 #57E9BE #BE57E9

tetradic

#E9BE57 #57E975 #5782E9 #E957CB

square

#E9BE57 #57E975 #5782E9 #E957CB

split-complementary

#E9BE57 #57CBE9 #7557E9

monochromatic

#AF8217 #E2A921 #E9BE57 #F0D38D #F7E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E9BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE57

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE57	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.130 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d18a',
    500: '#e9be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be57;
$custom-light: #f4d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82013,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE57

secondary

#3559AF

accent

#49D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE57

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

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