#E9B460#E9B460

#E9B460 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B460
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 10.05, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 50.57, 78.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0263 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.119 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0396, 50.8141, 18.1312)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B460 #6095E9

analogous

#E96F60 #E9B460 #DAE960

triadic

#E9B460 #60E9B4 #B460E9

tetradic

#E9B460 #60E96F #6095E9 #E960DA

square

#E9B460 #60E96F #6095E9 #E960DA

split-complementary

#E9B460 #60DAE9 #6F60E9

monochromatic

#B57919 #E29B2A #E9B460 #F0CD96 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E9B460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B460

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B460	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca8f',
    500: '#e9b460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b460;
$custom-light: #f3ca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B460

secondary

#3868B5

accent

#5CD80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B460

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

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