#E9BC49#E9BC49

#E9BC49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC49
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 4.41, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 62.09, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% 0.007 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.139 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7931, 53.7745, 13.9009)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC49 #4976E9

analogous

#E96C49 #E9BC49 #C6E949

triadic

#E9BC49 #49E9BC #BC49E9

tetradic

#E9BC49 #49E96C #4976E9 #E949C6

square

#E9BC49 #49E96C #4976E9 #E949C6

split-complementary

#E9BC49 #49C6E9 #6C49E9

monochromatic

#A47B14 #DAA41A #E9BC49 #F0D080 #F6E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E9BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC49

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC49	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)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf81',
    500: '#e9bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc49;
$custom-light: #f4cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81486,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC49

secondary

#3051A6

accent

#69F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC49

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

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