#E9B446#E9B446

#E9B446 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.138 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B446
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 8.45, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 61.69, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0183 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.138 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0341, 50.4120, 12.8357)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B446 #467BE9

analogous

#E96346 #E9B446 #CCE946

triadic

#E9B446 #46E9B4 #B446E9

tetradic

#E9B446 #46E963 #467BE9 #E946CC

square

#E9B446 #46E963 #467BE9 #E946CC

split-complementary

#E9B446 #46CCE9 #6346E9

monochromatic

#A17313 #D89A1A #E9B446 #F0CA7D #F6E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E9B446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E9B446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B446

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B446	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.138 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca7f',
    500: '#e9b446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b446;
$custom-light: #f4ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.491,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.799,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B446

secondary

#2F55A4

accent

#72F533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B446

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

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