#E9BE59#E9BE59

#E9BE59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE59
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 4.31, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 55.78, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% 0.0087 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.128 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8236, 54.8750, 17.2062)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE59 #5984E9

analogous

#E97659 #E9BE59 #CCE959

triadic

#E9BE59 #59E9BE #BE59E9

tetradic

#E9BE59 #59E976 #5984E9 #E959CC

square

#E9BE59 #59E976 #5984E9 #E959CC

split-complementary

#E9BE59 #59CCE9 #7659E9

monochromatic

#B08317 #E2A923 #E9BE59 #F0D38F #F7E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E9BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE59

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE59	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)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d18b',
    500: '#e9be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be59;
$custom-light: #f3d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE59

secondary

#355AB1

accent

#4AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE59

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

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