#E9B546#E9B546

#E9B546 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.138 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B546
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 7.93, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 61.87, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0168 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.138 83)
XYZ	xyz(51.2367, 50.8172, 12.9032)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B546 #467AE9

analogous

#E96446 #E9B546 #CCE946

triadic

#E9B546 #46E9B5 #B546E9

tetradic

#E9B546 #46E964 #467AE9 #E946CC

square

#E9B546 #46E964 #467AE9 #E946CC

split-complementary

#E9B546 #46CCE9 #6446E9

monochromatic

#A17413 #D89B1A #E9B546 #F0CB7D #F6E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E9B546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B546

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B546	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.138 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca7f',
    500: '#e9b546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b546;
$custom-light: #f4ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.859,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80094,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.50814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B546

secondary

#2F55A4

accent

#71F533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B546

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

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