#E9BC4C#E9BC4C

#E9BC4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC4C
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 4.57, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 60.87, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.0078 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.137 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8949, 53.8152, 14.4374)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC4C #4C79E9

analogous

#E96E4C #E9BC4C #C7E94C

triadic

#E9BC4C #4CE9BC #BC4CE9

tetradic

#E9BC4C #4CE96E #4C79E9 #E94CC7

square

#E9BC4C #4CE96E #4C79E9 #E94CC7

split-complementary

#E9BC4C #4CC7E9 #6E4CE9

monochromatic

#A67C14 #DDA51B #E9BC4C #F0D083 #F6E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E9BC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC4C

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC4C	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf83',
    500: '#e9bc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc4c;
$custom-light: #f4cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC4C

secondary

#3153A8

accent

#47DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC4C

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

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