#E9B741#E9B741

#E9B741 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.142 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B741
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 72.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 6.63, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 64.20, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0125 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.142 85)
XYZ	xyz(51.4950, 51.5758, 12.2429)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B741 #4173E9

analogous

#E96341 #E9B741 #C7E941

triadic

#E9B741 #41E9B7 #B741E9

tetradic

#E9B741 #41E963 #4173E9 #E941C7

square

#E9B741 #41E963 #4173E9 #E941C7

split-complementary

#E9B741 #41C7E9 #6341E9

monochromatic

#9D7412 #D49C19 #E9B741 #EFCC78 #F6E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#E9B741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B741

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B741	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.142 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cc7c',
    500: '#e9b741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b741;
$custom-light: #f5cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 79.245,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80442,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.51572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B741

secondary

#2E50A0

accent

#6CF632

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B741

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

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