#E9B64E#E9B64E

#E9B64E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.133 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B64E
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 7.83, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 58.79, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0175 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.133 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7104, 51.3331, 14.3910)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B64E #4E81E9

analogous

#E9684E #E9B64E #CEE94E

triadic

#E9B64E #4EE9B6 #B64EE9

tetradic

#E9B64E #4EE968 #4E81E9 #E94ECE

square

#E9B64E #4EE968 #4E81E9 #E94ECE

split-complementary

#E9B64E #4ECEE9 #684EE9

monochromatic

#A87715 #DE9E1C #E9B64E #F0CC84 #F7E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#E9B64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B64E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B64E	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.133 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb84',
    500: '#e9b64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b64e;
$custom-light: #f4cb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8036,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B64E

secondary

#3259A9

accent

#4FDA0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B64E

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