#E9BC48#E9BC48

#E9BC48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.140 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC48
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 4.36, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 62.49, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0067 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.14 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7602, 53.7613, 13.7277)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC48 #4875E9

analogous

#E96C48 #E9BC48 #C5E948

triadic

#E9BC48 #48E9BC #BC48E9

tetradic

#E9BC48 #48E96C #4875E9 #E948C5

square

#E9BC48 #48E96C #4875E9 #E948C5

split-complementary

#E9BC48 #48C5E9 #6C48E9

monochromatic

#A37B14 #DAA41A #E9BC48 #F0D07F #F6E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E9BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC48

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC48	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)

#D1BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.140 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf81',
    500: '#e9bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc48;
$custom-light: #f4cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81478,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC48

secondary

#3051A5

accent

#69F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC48

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

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