#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
RGBrgb(233, 179, 97)
HSLhsl(36, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.2%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.33, 10.65, 48.81)
CIE-LCHlch(76.33, 49.95, 77.69°)
OKLaboklab(79.99% 0.0282 0.1144)
OKLCHoklch(79.99% 0.118 76.1)
XYZxyz(51.8848, 50.4304, 18.3082)
Luminance0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E9B3611.001.8911.0911.09
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0921.001.001.00
##00000011.0921.001.001.00

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

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#E9B361 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva