#E9BD4C#E9BD4C

#E9BD4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.138 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD4C
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, 4.05, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 61.09, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% 0.0063 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.138 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1093, 54.2440, 14.5089)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD4C #4C78E9

analogous

#E96F4C #E9BD4C #C6E94C

triadic

#E9BD4C #4CE9BD #BD4CE9

tetradic

#E9BD4C #4CE96F #4C78E9 #E94CC6

square

#E9BD4C #4CE96F #4C78E9 #E94CC6

split-complementary

#E9BD4C #4CC6E9 #6F4CE9

monochromatic

#A67D14 #DDA61B #E9BD4C #F0D183 #F6E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E9BD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD4C

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD4C	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.138 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d083',
    500: '#e9bd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd4c;
$custom-light: #f4d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81709,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD4C

secondary

#3153A8

accent

#45DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD4C

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