#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
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, 3.42, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 62.14, 86.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% 0.0043 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.14 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2567, 54.6483, 14.2203)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##E9BE4A	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9BE4A

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

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