#E9BC46#E9BC46

#E9BC46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC46
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 4.26, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 63.29, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0062 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.141 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6960, 53.7357, 13.3897)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC46 #4673E9

analogous

#E96B46 #E9BC46 #C4E946

triadic

#E9BC46 #46E9BC #BC46E9

tetradic

#E9BC46 #46E96B #4673E9 #E946C4

square

#E9BC46 #46E96B #4673E9 #E946C4

split-complementary

#E9BC46 #46C4E9 #6B46E9

monochromatic

#A17A13 #D8A41A #E9BC46 #F0D07D #F6E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E9BC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC46

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC46	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf80',
    500: '#e9bc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc46;
$custom-light: #f4cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.436,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81461,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC46

secondary

#2F50A4

accent

#68F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC46

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

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