#E9B343#E9B343

#E9B343 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B343
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 71.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, 8.83, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 62.70, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0191 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.14 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7407, 49.9727, 12.2823)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B343 #4379E9

analogous

#E96043 #E9B343 #CCE943

triadic

#E9B343 #43E9B3 #B343E9

tetradic

#E9B343 #43E960 #4379E9 #E943CC

square

#E9B343 #43E960 #4379E9 #E943CC

split-complementary

#E9B343 #43CCE9 #6043E9

monochromatic

#9F7113 #D69819 #E9B343 #EFC97A #F6DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#E9B343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B343

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B343	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c97d',
    500: '#e9b343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b343;
$custom-light: #f5c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.482,
    "s": 79.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79682,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B343

secondary

#A3B8E5

accent

#72F632

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B343

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

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