#E9B94A#E9B94A

#E9B94A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.137 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B94A
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 6.04, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 61.04, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0118 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.137 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1923, 52.5194, 13.8655)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B94A #4A7AE9

analogous

#E96A4A #E9B94A #C9E94A

triadic

#E9B94A #4AE9B9 #B94AE9

tetradic

#E9B94A #4AE96A #4A7AE9 #E94AC9

square

#E9B94A #4AE96A #4A7AE9 #E94AC9

split-complementary

#E9B94A #4AC9E9 #6A4AE9

monochromatic

#A57914 #DBA11B #E9B94A #F0CE81 #F6E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E9B94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#E9B94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B94A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B94A	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.137 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd82',
    500: '#e9b94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b94a;
$custom-light: #f4cd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80907,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B94A

secondary

#3154A7

accent

#4ADB0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B94A

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

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