#E9B362#E9B362

#E9B362 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.117 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B362
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 10.72, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 49.51, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0286 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.117 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9317, 50.4492, 18.5553)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B362 #6298E9

analogous

#E97062 #E9B362 #DCE962

triadic

#E9B362 #62E9B3 #B362E9

tetradic

#E9B362 #62E970 #6298E9 #E962DC

square

#E9B362 #62E970 #6298E9 #E962DC

split-complementary

#E9B362 #62DCE9 #7062E9

monochromatic

#B7781A #E1992C #E9B362 #F1CD98 #F8E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E9B362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E9B362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B362

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B362	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)

#C7B55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.117 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c991',
    500: '#e9b362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b362;
$custom-light: #f3c991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80004,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B362

secondary

#386BB7

accent

#5FD80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B362

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

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