#E9B264#E9B264

#E9B264 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.115 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B264
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 100)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 11.40, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 48.45, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0308 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.115 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8277, 50.0880, 18.9923)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B264 #649BE9

analogous

#E96F64 #E9B264 #DDE964

triadic

#E9B264 #64E9B2 #B264E9

tetradic

#E9B264 #64E96F #649BE9 #E964DD

square

#E9B264 #64E96F #649BE9 #E964DD

split-complementary

#E9B264 #64DDE9 #6F64E9

monochromatic

#B8771A #E1972E #E9B264 #F1CD9A #F8E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#E9B264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B264

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B264	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.115 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c892',
    500: '#e9b264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b264;
$custom-light: #f3c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79839,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B264

secondary

#396EB8

accent

#61D70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B264

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

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