#E9B14E#E9B14E

#E9B14E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.132 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B14E
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 10.47, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 57.89, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0252 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.132 79)
XYZ	xyz(50.7046, 49.3216, 14.0557)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B14E #4E86E9

analogous

#E9634E #E9B14E #D3E94E

triadic

#E9B14E #4EE9B1 #B14EE9

tetradic

#E9B14E #4EE963 #4E86E9 #E94ED3

square

#E9B14E #4EE963 #4E86E9 #E94ED3

split-complementary

#E9B14E #4ED3E9 #634EE9

monochromatic

#A87315 #DE981C #E9B14E #F0C984 #F7E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E9B14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B14E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B14E	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)

#C7B243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.132 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c884',
    500: '#e9b14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b14e;
$custom-light: #f4c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79396,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.49318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B14E

secondary

#ACC1E7

accent

#56DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B14E

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

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