#E9B04E#E9B04E

#E9B04E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.131 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B04E
RGB	rgb(233, 176, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 11.00, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 57.73, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% 0.0268 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.131 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5078, 48.9280, 13.9901)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B04E #4E87E9

analogous

#E9624E #E9B04E #D5E94E

triadic

#E9B04E #4EE9B0 #B04EE9

tetradic

#E9B04E #4EE962 #4E87E9 #E94ED5

square

#E9B04E #4EE962 #4E87E9 #E94ED5

split-complementary

#E9B04E #4ED5E9 #624EE9

monochromatic

#A87215 #DE971C #E9B04E #F0C884 #F7E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E9B04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#E9B04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B04E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B04E	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 176, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.131 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c784',
    500: '#e9b04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b04e;
$custom-light: #f4c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.935,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B04E

secondary

#ACC2E7

accent

#57DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B04E

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

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