#E9B54E#E9B54E

#E9B54E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.133 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B54E
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 8.36, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 58.60, 81.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0191 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.133 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5063, 50.9250, 14.3229)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B54E #4E82E9

analogous

#E9674E #E9B54E #CFE94E

triadic

#E9B54E #4EE9B5 #B54EE9

tetradic

#E9B54E #4EE967 #4E82E9 #E94ECF

square

#E9B54E #4EE967 #4E82E9 #E94ECF

split-complementary

#E9B54E #4ECFE9 #674EE9

monochromatic

#A87615 #DE9D1C #E9B54E #F0CC84 #F7E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#E9B54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B54E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B54E	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.133 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ca84',
    500: '#e9b54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b54e;
$custom-light: #f4ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80166,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B54E

secondary

#325AA9

accent

#51DA0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B54E

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

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