#E9B162#E9B162

#E9B162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B162
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 11.78, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 49.19, 76.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0317 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.117 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5338, 49.6533, 18.4227)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B162 #629AE9

analogous

#E96D62 #E9B162 #DEE962

triadic

#E9B162 #62E9B1 #B162E9

tetradic

#E9B162 #62E96D #629AE9 #E962DE

square

#E9B162 #62E96D #629AE9 #E962DE

split-complementary

#E9B162 #62DEE9 #6D62E9

monochromatic

#B7761A #E1962C #E9B162 #F1CC98 #F8E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E9B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B162

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B162	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)

#C6B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c891',
    500: '#e9b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b162;
$custom-light: #f3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79622,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B162

secondary

#BCCFEA

accent

#62D80E

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B162

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

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