#E9BE4F#E9BE4F

#E9BE4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.136 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE4F
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, 3.70, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 60.08, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0056 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.136 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4319, 54.7183, 15.1430)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE4F #4F7AE9

analogous

#E9714F #E9BE4F #C7E94F

triadic

#E9BE4F #4FE9BE #BE4FE9

tetradic

#E9BE4F #4FE971 #4F7AE9 #E94FC7

square

#E9BE4F #4FE971 #4F7AE9 #E94FC7

split-complementary

#E9BE4F #4FC7E9 #714FE9

monochromatic

#A97F15 #DFA81C #E9BE4F #F0D285 #F7E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#E9BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE4F

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE4F	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.136 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d185',
    500: '#e9be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be4f;
$custom-light: #f4d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE4F

secondary

#3254AA

accent

#45DA0B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE4F

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

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