#E9B14F#E9B14F

#E9B14F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.131 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B14F
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 79)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 10.52, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 57.47, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0255 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.131 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7408, 49.3361, 14.2460)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B14F #4F87E9

analogous

#E9644F #E9B14F #D4E94F

triadic

#E9B14F #4FE9B1 #B14FE9

tetradic

#E9B14F #4FE964 #4F87E9 #E94FD4

square

#E9B14F #4FE964 #4F87E9 #E94FD4

split-complementary

#E9B14F #4FD4E9 #644FE9

monochromatic

#A97315 #DF981C #E9B14F #F0C985 #F7E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9B14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E9B14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B14F

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B14F	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.131 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c884',
    500: '#e9b14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b14f;
$custom-light: #f4c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79406,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B14F

secondary

#ADC2E7

accent

#57DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B14F

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

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