#E9B14D#E9B14D

#E9B14D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.132 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B14D
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 10.41, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 58.31, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0249 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.132 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6690, 49.3074, 13.8683)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B14D #4D85E9

analogous

#E9634D #E9B14D #D3E94D

triadic

#E9B14D #4DE9B1 #B14DE9

tetradic

#E9B14D #4DE963 #4D85E9 #E94DD3

square

#E9B14D #4DE963 #4D85E9 #E94DD3

split-complementary

#E9B14D #4DD3E9 #634DE9

monochromatic

#A77215 #DD981B #E9B14D #F0C983 #F6E1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E9B14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B14D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B14D	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.132 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c883',
    500: '#e9b14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b14d;
$custom-light: #f4c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B14D

secondary

#ABC1E6

accent

#56DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B14D

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

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