#E9B449#E9B449

#E9B449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.136 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B449
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 8.61, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 60.48, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0192 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.136 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1312, 50.4508, 13.3470)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B449 #497EE9

analogous

#E96449 #E9B449 #CEE949

triadic

#E9B449 #49E9B4 #B449E9

tetradic

#E9B449 #49E964 #497EE9 #E949CE

square

#E9B449 #49E964 #497EE9 #E949CE

split-complementary

#E9B449 #49CEE9 #6449E9

monochromatic

#A47414 #DA9B1A #E9B449 #F0CA80 #F6E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E9B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B449

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B449	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.136 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca81',
    500: '#e9b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b449;
$custom-light: #f4ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79927,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B449

secondary

#3057A6

accent

#73F533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B449

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

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