#E9B846#E9B846

#E9B846 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.140 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B846
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, 6.35, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 62.45, 84.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% 0.0122 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.14 85)
XYZ	xyz(51.8533, 52.0503, 13.1088)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B846 #4677E9

analogous

#E96746 #E9B846 #C9E946

triadic

#E9B846 #46E9B8 #B846E9

tetradic

#E9B846 #46E967 #4677E9 #E946C9

square

#E9B846 #46E967 #4677E9 #E946C9

split-complementary

#E9B846 #46C9E9 #6746E9

monochromatic

#A17713 #D89F1A #E9B846 #F0CD7D #F6E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#E9B846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B846

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B846	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.140 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd7f',
    500: '#e9b846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b846;
$custom-light: #f4cd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80678,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.52047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B846

secondary

#2F52A4

accent

#6DF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B846

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

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