#E9B746#E9B746

#E9B746 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B746
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 6.88, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 62.25, 83.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0138 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.139 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6463, 51.6363, 13.0398)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B746 #4678E9

analogous

#E96646 #E9B746 #CAE946

triadic

#E9B746 #46E9B7 #B746E9

tetradic

#E9B746 #46E966 #4678E9 #E946CA

square

#E9B746 #46E966 #4678E9 #E946CA

split-complementary

#E9B746 #46CAE9 #6646E9

monochromatic

#A17613 #D89E1A #E9B746 #F0CC7D #F6E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#E9B746 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B746

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B746	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc7f',
    500: '#e9b746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b746;
$custom-light: #f4cc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80483,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B746

secondary

#2F53A4

accent

#6EF533

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B746

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