#E9B161#E9B161

#E9B161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B161
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 11.71, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 49.63, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0313 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.117 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4869, 49.6345, 18.1756)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B161 #6199E9

analogous

#E96D61 #E9B161 #DDE961

triadic

#E9B161 #61E9B1 #B161E9

tetradic

#E9B161 #61E96D #6199E9 #E961DD

square

#E9B161 #61E96D #6199E9 #E961DD

split-complementary

#E9B161 #61DDE9 #6D61E9

monochromatic

#B67619 #E2962B #E9B161 #F0CC97 #F8E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E9B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B161

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B161	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c890',
    500: '#e9b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b161;
$custom-light: #f3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79609,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B161

secondary

#BCCFEA

accent

#61D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B161

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

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