#E9B165#E9B165

#E9B165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B165
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 12.01, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 47.85, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0327 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.114 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6781, 49.7110, 19.1827)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B165 #659DE9

analogous

#E96F65 #E9B165 #DFE965

triadic

#E9B165 #65E9B1 #B165E9

tetradic

#E9B165 #65E96F #659DE9 #E965DF

square

#E9B165 #65E96F #659DE9 #E965DF

split-complementary

#E9B165 #65DFE9 #6F65E9

monochromatic

#B9761A #E1962F #E9B165 #F1CC9B #F8E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E9B165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B165

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B165	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c893',
    500: '#e9b165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b165;
$custom-light: #f3c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79662,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B165

secondary

#BFD2EB

accent

#64D70E

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B165

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

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