#E9B24E#E9B24E

#E9B24E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.132 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B24E
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 9.94, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 58.06, 80.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0237 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.132 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9029, 49.7181, 14.1218)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B24E #4E85E9

analogous

#E9644E #E9B24E #D2E94E

triadic

#E9B24E #4EE9B2 #B24EE9

tetradic

#E9B24E #4EE964 #4E85E9 #E94ED2

square

#E9B24E #4EE964 #4E85E9 #E94ED2

split-complementary

#E9B24E #4ED2E9 #644EE9

monochromatic

#A87415 #DE991C #E9B24E #F0CA84 #F7E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E9B24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B24E

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B24E	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.132 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c884',
    500: '#e9b24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b24e;
$custom-light: #f4c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79588,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B24E

secondary

#ACC1E7

accent

#55DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B24E

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

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