#E9B844#E9B844

#E9B844 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.141 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B844
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 6.25, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 63.24, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0117 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.141 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7912, 52.0255, 12.7818)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B844 #4475E9

analogous

#E96644 #E9B844 #C7E944

triadic

#E9B844 #44E9B8 #B844E9

tetradic

#E9B844 #44E966 #4475E9 #E944C7

square

#E9B844 #44E966 #4475E9 #E944C7

split-complementary

#E9B844 #44C7E9 #6644E9

monochromatic

#A07613 #D79E19 #E9B844 #EFCD7B #F6E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#E9B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B844

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B844	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.141 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd7e',
    500: '#e9b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b844;
$custom-light: #f4cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.182,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80661,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B844

secondary

#2F51A2

accent

#6CF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B844

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

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