#E9BA4E#E9BA4E

#E9BA4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.135 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BA4E
RGB	rgb(233, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 5.73, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 59.60, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0114 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.135 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5413, 52.9949, 14.6679)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BA4E #4E7DE9

analogous

#E96C4E #E9BA4E #CBE94E

triadic

#E9BA4E #4EE9BA #BA4EE9

tetradic

#E9BA4E #4EE96C #4E7DE9 #E94ECB

square

#E9BA4E #4EE96C #4E7DE9 #E94ECB

split-complementary

#E9BA4E #4ECBE9 #6C4EE9

monochromatic

#A87B15 #DEA31C #E9BA4E #F0CF84 #F7E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9BA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#E9BA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BA4E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BA4E	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.135 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ce84',
    500: '#e9ba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ba4e;
$custom-light: #f4ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81139,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BA4E

secondary

#3256A9

accent

#4ADA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BA4E

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

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