#E9BA46#E9BA46

#E9BA46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA46
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 5.30, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 62.86, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0092 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.14 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2717, 52.8871, 13.2482)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA46 #4675E9

analogous

#E96846 #E9BA46 #C7E946

triadic

#E9BA46 #46E9BA #BA46E9

tetradic

#E9BA46 #46E968 #4675E9 #E946C7

square

#E9BA46 #46E968 #4675E9 #E946C7

split-complementary

#E9BA46 #46C7E9 #6846E9

monochromatic

#A17813 #D8A11A #E9BA46 #F0CE7D #F6E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#E9BA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA46

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA46	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce80',
    500: '#e9ba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba46;
$custom-light: #f4ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.699,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81069,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA46

secondary

#2F51A4

accent

#6BF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA46

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

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