#E9B646#E9B646

#E9B646 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.139 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B646
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 7.40, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 62.06, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0153 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.139 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4408, 51.2253, 12.9713)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B646 #4679E9

analogous

#E96546 #E9B646 #CBE946

triadic

#E9B646 #46E9B6 #B646E9

tetradic

#E9B646 #46E965 #4679E9 #E946CB

square

#E9B646 #46E965 #4679E9 #E946CB

split-complementary

#E9B646 #46CBE9 #6546E9

monochromatic

#A17513 #D89D1A #E9B646 #F0CC7D #F6E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#E9B646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B646

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B646	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.139 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb7f',
    500: '#e9b646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b646;
$custom-light: #f4cb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.227,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80288,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B646

secondary

#2F54A4

accent

#6FF533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B646

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

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