#E9B463#E9B463

#E9B463 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.116 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B463
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 99)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 10.27, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 49.23, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0274 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.116 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1804, 50.8705, 18.8726)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B463 #6398E9

analogous

#E97163 #E9B463 #DBE963

triadic

#E9B463 #63E9B4 #B463E9

tetradic

#E9B463 #63E971 #6398E9 #E963DB

square

#E9B463 #63E971 #6398E9 #E963DB

split-complementary

#E9B463 #63DBE9 #7163E9

monochromatic

#B8791A #E19A2D #E9B463 #F1CE99 #F8E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#E9B463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B463

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B463	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)

#C8B55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.116 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca91',
    500: '#e9b463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b463;
$custom-light: #f3ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80209,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B463

secondary

#396BB7

accent

#5ED70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B463

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

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