#E9B461#E9B461

#E9B461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B461
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 10.12, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 50.13, 78.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% 0.0267 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.118 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0860, 50.8327, 18.3753)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B461 #6196E9

analogous

#E97061 #E9B461 #DAE961

triadic

#E9B461 #61E9B4 #B461E9

tetradic

#E9B461 #61E970 #6196E9 #E961DA

square

#E9B461 #61E970 #6196E9 #E961DA

split-complementary

#E9B461 #61DAE9 #7061E9

monochromatic

#B67919 #E29B2B #E9B461 #F0CE97 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#E9B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B461

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B461	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca90',
    500: '#e9b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b461;
$custom-light: #f3ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.618,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B461

secondary

#3869B6

accent

#5CD80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B461

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

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