#E9B74C#E9B74C

#E9B74C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.135 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B74C
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 76)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 7.19, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 59.81, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% 0.0154 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.135 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8453, 51.7159, 14.0876)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B74C #4C7EE9

analogous

#E9694C #E9B74C #CCE94C

triadic

#E9B74C #4CE9B7 #B74CE9

tetradic

#E9B74C #4CE969 #4C7EE9 #E94CCC

square

#E9B74C #4CE969 #4C7EE9 #E94CCC

split-complementary

#E9B74C #4CCCE9 #694CE9

monochromatic

#A67814 #DD9F1B #E9B74C #F0CD83 #F6E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#E9B74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B74C

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B74C	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.135 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc83',
    500: '#e9b74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b74c;
$custom-light: #f4cc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.892,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80535,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B74C

secondary

#3157A8

accent

#4DDA0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B74C

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

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