#E9B54A#E9B54A

#E9B54A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B54A
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 74)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 8.14, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 60.26, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0179 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.136 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3672, 50.8694, 13.5905)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B54A #4A7EE9

analogous

#E9654A #E9B54A #CEE94A

triadic

#E9B54A #4AE9B5 #B54AE9

tetradic

#E9B54A #4AE965 #4A7EE9 #E94ACE

square

#E9B54A #4AE965 #4A7EE9 #E94ACE

split-complementary

#E9B54A #4ACEE9 #654AE9

monochromatic

#A57514 #DB9C1B #E9B54A #F0CB81 #F6E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#E9B54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B54A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B54A	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca82',
    500: '#e9b54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b54a;
$custom-light: #f4ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.377,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80129,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B54A

secondary

#3157A7

accent

#4FDB0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B54A

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

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