#E9BD46#E9BD46

#E9BD46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD46
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, 3.74, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 63.51, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.0047 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.142 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9104, 54.1644, 13.4611)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD46 #4672E9

analogous

#E96C46 #E9BD46 #C3E946

triadic

#E9BD46 #46E9BD #BD46E9

tetradic

#E9BD46 #46E96C #4672E9 #E946C3

square

#E9BD46 #46E96C #4672E9 #E946C3

split-complementary

#E9BD46 #46C3E9 #6C46E9

monochromatic

#A17B13 #D8A51A #E9BD46 #F0D17D #F6E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#E9BD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD46

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD46	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d080',
    500: '#e9bd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd46;
$custom-light: #f4d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.804,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81658,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD46

secondary

#2F4FA4

accent

#67F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD46

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

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