#E9B263#E9B263

#E9B263 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.116 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B263
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 99)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 11.33, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 48.90, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0305 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.116 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7796, 50.0688, 18.7390)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B263 #639AE9

analogous

#E96F63 #E9B263 #DDE963

triadic

#E9B263 #63E9B2 #B263E9

tetradic

#E9B263 #63E96F #639AE9 #E963DD

square

#E9B263 #63E96F #639AE9 #E963DD

split-complementary

#E9B263 #63DDE9 #6F63E9

monochromatic

#B8771A #E1982D #E9B263 #F1CC99 #F8E7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E9B263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B263

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B263	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)

#C6B45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.116 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c891',
    500: '#e9b263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b263;
$custom-light: #f3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B263

secondary

#396DB7

accent

#61D70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B263

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

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