#E9B361#E9B361

#E9B361 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.118 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B361
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 10.65, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 49.95, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0282 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.118 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8848, 50.4304, 18.3082)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B361 #6197E9

analogous

#E96F61 #E9B361 #DBE961

triadic

#E9B361 #61E9B3 #B361E9

tetradic

#E9B361 #61E96F #6197E9 #E961DB

square

#E9B361 #61E96F #6197E9 #E961DB

split-complementary

#E9B361 #61DBE9 #6F61E9

monochromatic

#B67819 #E2992B #E9B361 #F0CD97 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E9B361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B361

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B361	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.118 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c990',
    500: '#e9b361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b361;
$custom-light: #f3c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B361

secondary

#386AB6

accent

#5ED80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B361

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

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