#E9B44E#E9B44E

#E9B44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B44E
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 8.88, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 58.41, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0206 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.133 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3037, 50.5198, 14.2554)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B44E #4E83E9

analogous

#E9664E #E9B44E #D0E94E

triadic

#E9B44E #4EE9B4 #B44EE9

tetradic

#E9B44E #4EE966 #4E83E9 #E94ED0

square

#E9B44E #4EE966 #4E83E9 #E94ED0

split-complementary

#E9B44E #4ED0E9 #664EE9

monochromatic

#A87615 #DE9C1C #E9B44E #F0CB84 #F7E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#E9B44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B44E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B44E	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)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca84',
    500: '#e9b44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b44e;
$custom-light: #f4ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.484,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79973,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B44E

secondary

#325BA9

accent

#52DA0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B44E

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

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