#E9B74E#E9B74E

#E9B74E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.134 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B74E
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 7.31, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 58.98, 82.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.016 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.134 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9159, 51.7442, 14.4595)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B74E #4E80E9

analogous

#E9694E #E9B74E #CDE94E

triadic

#E9B74E #4EE9B7 #B74EE9

tetradic

#E9B74E #4EE969 #4E80E9 #E94ECD

square

#E9B74E #4EE969 #4E80E9 #E94ECD

split-complementary

#E9B74E #4ECDE9 #694EE9

monochromatic

#A87815 #DE9F1C #E9B74E #F0CD84 #F7E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#E9B74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B74E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B74E	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.134 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cc84',
    500: '#e9b74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b74e;
$custom-light: #f4cc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80554,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B74E

secondary

#3258A9

accent

#4EDA0B

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B74E

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

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