#E9BE50#E9BE50

#E9BE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE50
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, 3.76, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 59.66, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.0059 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.135 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4686, 54.7330, 15.3361)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE50 #507BE9

analogous

#E97250 #E9BE50 #C8E950

triadic

#E9BE50 #50E9BE #BE50E9

tetradic

#E9BE50 #50E972 #507BE9 #E950C8

square

#E9BE50 #50E972 #507BE9 #E950C8

split-complementary

#E9BE50 #50C8E9 #7250E9

monochromatic

#A98015 #E0A91C #E9BE50 #F0D286 #F7E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E9BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE50

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE50	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d186',
    500: '#e9be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be50;
$custom-light: #f4d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.137,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81943,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE50

secondary

#3254AB

accent

#46DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE50

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

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