#E9B44C#E9B44C

#E9B44C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.134 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B44C
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 8.77, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 59.25, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.02 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.134 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2331, 50.4915, 13.8835)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B44C #4C81E9

analogous

#E9654C #E9B44C #CFE94C

triadic

#E9B44C #4CE9B4 #B44CE9

tetradic

#E9B44C #4CE965 #4C81E9 #E94CCF

square

#E9B44C #4CE965 #4C81E9 #E94CCF

split-complementary

#E9B44C #4CCFE9 #654CE9

monochromatic

#A67514 #DD9B1B #E9B44C #F0CB83 #F6E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#E9B44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B44C

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B44C	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.134 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca83',
    500: '#e9b44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b44c;
$custom-light: #f4ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.745,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79954,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B44C

secondary

#3159A8

accent

#51DA0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B44C

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

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