#E9B160#E9B160

#E9B160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B160
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 11.64, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 50.08, 76.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.031 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.118 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4405, 49.6160, 17.9315)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B160 #6098E9

analogous

#E96C60 #E9B160 #DDE960

triadic

#E9B160 #60E9B1 #B160E9

tetradic

#E9B160 #60E96C #6098E9 #E960DD

square

#E9B160 #60E96C #6098E9 #E960DD

split-complementary

#E9B160 #60DDE9 #6C60E9

monochromatic

#B57619 #E2972A #E9B160 #F0CB96 #F8E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E9B160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B160

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B160	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c88f',
    500: '#e9b160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b160;
$custom-light: #f3c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.474,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B160

secondary

#BBCEEA

accent

#60D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B160

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

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