#E9B265#E9B265

#E9B265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B265
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 11.48, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 48.00, 76.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0312 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.114 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8763, 50.1075, 19.2488)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B265 #659CE9

analogous

#E97065 #E9B265 #DEE965

triadic

#E9B265 #65E9B2 #B265E9

tetradic

#E9B265 #65E970 #659CE9 #E965DE

square

#E9B265 #65E970 #659CE9 #E965DE

split-complementary

#E9B265 #65DEE9 #7065E9

monochromatic

#B9771A #E1972F #E9B265 #F1CD9B #F8E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9B265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#E9B265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B265

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B265	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)

#C6B45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c893',
    500: '#e9b265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b265;
$custom-light: #f3c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79852,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B265

secondary

#3A6FB9

accent

#62D70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B265

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

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