#E9BE46#E9BE46

#E9BE46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE46
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, 3.21, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 63.73, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% 0.0032 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.142 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1262, 54.5961, 13.5331)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE46 #4671E9

analogous

#E96D46 #E9BE46 #C2E946

triadic

#E9BE46 #46E9BE #BE46E9

tetradic

#E9BE46 #46E96D #4671E9 #E946C2

square

#E9BE46 #46E96D #4671E9 #E946C2

split-complementary

#E9BE46 #46C2E9 #6D46E9

monochromatic

#A17C13 #D8A61A #E9BE46 #F0D17D #F6E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#E9BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE46

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE46	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d180',
    500: '#e9be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be46;
$custom-light: #f4d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.172,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81856,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE46

secondary

#2F4EA4

accent

#66F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE46

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

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