#E9BD4E#E9BD4E

#E9BD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD4E
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, 4.16, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 60.26, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% 0.0069 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.136 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1799, 54.2722, 14.8808)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD4E #4E7AE9

analogous

#E96F4E #E9BD4E #C7E94E

triadic

#E9BD4E #4EE9BD #BD4EE9

tetradic

#E9BD4E #4EE96F #4E7AE9 #E94EC7

square

#E9BD4E #4EE96F #4E7AE9 #E94EC7

split-complementary

#E9BD4E #4EC7E9 #6F4EE9

monochromatic

#A87E15 #DEA71C #E9BD4E #F0D184 #F7E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E9BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD4E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD4E	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)

#D2BC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d085',
    500: '#e9bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd4e;
$custom-light: #f4d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD4E

secondary

#3254A9

accent

#46DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD4E

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