#E9A661#E9A661

#E9A661 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A661
RGB	rgb(233, 166, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 17.55, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 48.38, 68.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0486 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.117 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4011, 45.4630, 17.4803)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A661 #61A4E9

analogous

#E96261 #E9A661 #E8E961

triadic

#E9A661 #61E9A6 #A661E9

tetradic

#E9A661 #61E962 #61A4E9 #E961E8

square

#E9A661 #61E962 #61A4E9 #E961E8

split-complementary

#E9A661 #61E8E9 #6261E9

monochromatic

#B66919 #E2882B #E9A661 #F0C497 #F8E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E9A661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#E9A661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A661

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A661	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 166, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c08f',
    500: '#e9a661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a661;
$custom-light: #f4c08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77542,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A661

secondary

#BCD3EA

accent

#71D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A661

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

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