#E9BC74#E9BC74

#E9BC74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.104 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC74
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 116)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, 7.45, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 42.98, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% 0.0211 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.104 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7422, 54.5541, 24.1662)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC74 #74A1E9

analogous

#E98174 #E9BC74 #DBE974

triadic

#E9BC74 #74E9BC #BC74E9

tetradic

#E9BC74 #74E981 #74A1E9 #E974DB

square

#E9BC74 #74E981 #74A1E9 #E974DB

split-complementary

#E9BC74 #74DBE9 #8174E9

monochromatic

#C4841F #E1A33F #E9BC74 #F1D5A9 #FAEFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E9BC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC74

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC74	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.104 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d09d',
    500: '#e9bc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc74;
$custom-light: #f2d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC74

secondary

#4072C1

accent

#5CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC74

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

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