#E9B261#E9B261

#E9B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B261
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 11.18, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 49.79, 77.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0298 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.118 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6851, 50.0310, 18.2416)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B261 #6198E9

analogous

#E96E61 #E9B261 #DCE961

triadic

#E9B261 #61E9B2 #B261E9

tetradic

#E9B261 #61E96E #6198E9 #E961DC

square

#E9B261 #61E96E #6198E9 #E961DC

split-complementary

#E9B261 #61DCE9 #6E61E9

monochromatic

#B67719 #E2982B #E9B261 #F0CC97 #F8E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E9B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B261

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B261	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c890',
    500: '#e9b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b261;
$custom-light: #f3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.798,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B261

secondary

#386BB6

accent

#5FD80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B261

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

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