#E9BC4E#E9BC4E

#E9BC4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC4E
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 4.69, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 60.04, 85.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% 0.0084 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.136 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9656, 53.8435, 14.8093)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC4E #4E7BE9

analogous

#E96E4E #E9BC4E #C8E94E

triadic

#E9BC4E #4EE9BC #BC4EE9

tetradic

#E9BC4E #4EE96E #4E7BE9 #E94EC8

square

#E9BC4E #4EE96E #4E7BE9 #E94EC8

split-complementary

#E9BC4E #4EC8E9 #6E4EE9

monochromatic

#A87D15 #DEA61C #E9BC4E #F0D184 #F7E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#E9BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC4E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC4E	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf84',
    500: '#e9bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc4e;
$custom-light: #f4cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81531,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC4E

secondary

#3255A9

accent

#47DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC4E

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

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