#E9BE4A#E9BE4A

#E9BE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9BE4A
RGBrgb(233, 190, 74)
HSLhsl(44, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(44, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.5%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(78.84, 3.42, 62.04)
CIE-LCHlch(78.84, 62.14, 86.84°)
OKLaboklab(81.89% 0.0043 0.1395)
OKLCHoklch(81.89% 0.14 88.3)
XYZxyz(53.2567, 54.6483, 14.2203)
Luminance0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9BE4A #4A75E9
analogous
#E96F4A #E9BE4A #C4E94A
triadic
#E9BE4A #4AE9BE #BE4AE9
tetradic
#E9BE4A #4AE96F #4A75E9 #E94AC4
square
#E9BE4A #4AE96F #4A75E9 #E94AC4
split-complementary
#E9BE4A #4AC4E9 #6F4AE9
monochromatic
#A57D14 #DBA71B #E9BE4A #F0D281 #F6E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#E9BE4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93
#E9BE4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE4A
11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9BE4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9BE4A1.001.7611.9311.93
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9321.001.001.00
##00000011.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BC3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC84F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCAEA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 88.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d182',
    500: '#e9be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9be4a;
$custom-light: #f4d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.774,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81889,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9BE4A
secondary
#3151A7
accent
#43DB0B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E

Preview Lab

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#E9BE4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva