#E9B944#E9B944

#E9B944 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.141 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B944
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, 5.73, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 63.44, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0102 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.141 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9997, 52.4424, 12.8513)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B944 #4474E9

analogous

#E96744 #E9B944 #C7E944

triadic

#E9B944 #44E9B9 #B944E9

tetradic

#E9B944 #44E967 #4474E9 #E944C7

square

#E9B944 #44E967 #4474E9 #E944C7

split-complementary

#E9B944 #44C7E9 #6744E9

monochromatic

#A07713 #D79F19 #E9B944 #EFCD7B #F6E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E9B944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#E9B944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B944

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B944	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.141 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd7e',
    500: '#e9b944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b944;
$custom-light: #f4cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80857,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B944

secondary

#2F50A2

accent

#6BF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B944

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

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