#E9B24F#E9B24F

#E9B24F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.131 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B24F
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 79)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 10.00, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 57.64, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.024 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.131 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9390, 49.7326, 14.3120)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B24F #4F86E9

analogous

#E9654F #E9B24F #D3E94F

triadic

#E9B24F #4FE9B2 #B24FE9

tetradic

#E9B24F #4FE965 #4F86E9 #E94FD3

square

#E9B24F #4FE965 #4F86E9 #E94FD3

split-complementary

#E9B24F #4FD3E9 #654FE9

monochromatic

#A97415 #DF991C #E9B24F #F0CA85 #F7E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E9B24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B24F

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B24F	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.131 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c884',
    500: '#e9b24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b24f;
$custom-light: #f4c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B24F

secondary

#ADC2E7

accent

#55DA0B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B24F

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

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