#E9BC54#E9BC54
#E9BC54 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.131 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9BC54 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 188, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.42, 5.04, 57.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.42, 57.49, 84.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.59% 0.0102 0.1309) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.59% 0.131 85.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.1906, 53.9335, 15.9944) |
| Luminance | 0.5393 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.07
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.79
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.93
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 6.00
Golden Rod
#F9BC08
ΔE00 6.02
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 6.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9BC54 #5481E9
analogous
#E97254 #E9BC54 #CCE954
triadic
#E9BC54 #54E9BC #BC54E9
tetradic
#E9BC54 #54E972 #5481E9 #E954CC
square
#E9BC54 #54E972 #5481E9 #E954CC
split-complementary
#E9BC54 #54CCE9 #7254E9
monochromatic
#AC7F16 #E2A71E #E9BC54 #F0D18A #F7E6C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#E9BC54 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.79
#E9BC54 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9BC54
11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9BC54 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9BC54 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 11.79 | 11.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BB49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC758
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBADA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9bc54; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.131 85.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4cf88',
500: '#e9bc54',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9bc54; $custom-light: #f4cf88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9bc54",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 188,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.879,
"s": 77.202,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81589,
"c": 0.1313,
"h": 85.6
},
"luminance": 0.5393
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9BC54
secondary
#3459AD
accent
#4AD90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18130C
muted
#86837F