#E9BF59#E9BF59

#E9BF59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.129 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BF59
RGB	rgb(233, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, 3.79, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 56.02, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% 0.0072 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.129 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0410, 55.3097, 17.2787)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BF59 #5983E9

analogous

#E97759 #E9BF59 #CBE959

triadic

#E9BF59 #59E9BF #BF59E9

tetradic

#E9BF59 #59E977 #5983E9 #E959CB

square

#E9BF59 #59E977 #5983E9 #E959CB

split-complementary

#E9BF59 #59CBE9 #7759E9

monochromatic

#B08417 #E2AA23 #E9BF59 #F0D48F #F7E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E9BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E9BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BF59

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BF59	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.129 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d28b',
    500: '#e9bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bf59;
$custom-light: #f3d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BF59

secondary

#3559B1

accent

#48D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BF59

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

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