#E9BF51#E9BF51

#E9BF51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BF51
RGB	rgb(233, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, 3.29, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 59.47, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% 0.0047 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.135 88)
XYZ	xyz(53.7231, 55.1826, 15.6046)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BF51 #517BE9

analogous

#E97351 #E9BF51 #C7E951

triadic

#E9BF51 #51E9BF #BF51E9

tetradic

#E9BF51 #51E973 #517BE9 #E951C7

square

#E9BF51 #51E973 #517BE9 #E951C7

split-complementary

#E9BF51 #51C7E9 #7351E9

monochromatic

#AA8116 #E0AA1C #E9BF51 #F0D387 #F7E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E9BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E9BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BF51

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BF51	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d286',
    500: '#e9bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bf51;
$custom-light: #f4d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.421,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8215,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.55179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BF51

secondary

#3354AB

accent

#45DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BF51

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

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