#E9B84A#E9B84A

#E9B84A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B84A
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 6.56, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 60.84, 83.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0133 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.137 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9838, 52.1025, 13.7960)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B84A #4A7BE9

analogous

#E9684A #E9B84A #CBE94A

triadic

#E9B84A #4AE9B8 #B84AE9

tetradic

#E9B84A #4AE968 #4A7BE9 #E94ACB

square

#E9B84A #4AE968 #4A7BE9 #E94ACB

split-complementary

#E9B84A #4ACBE9 #684AE9

monochromatic

#A57814 #DBA01B #E9B84A #F0CD81 #F6E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E9B84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B84A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B84A	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd82',
    500: '#e9b84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b84a;
$custom-light: #f4cd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80712,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B84A

secondary

#3155A7

accent

#4BDB0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B84A

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

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