#E9B561#E9B561

#E9B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.118 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B561
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 9.60, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 50.30, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0251 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.118 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2886, 51.2379, 18.4428)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B561 #6195E9

analogous

#E97161 #E9B561 #D9E961

triadic

#E9B561 #61E9B5 #B561E9

tetradic

#E9B561 #61E971 #6195E9 #E961D9

square

#E9B561 #61E971 #6195E9 #E961D9

split-complementary

#E9B561 #61D9E9 #7161E9

monochromatic

#B67A19 #E29C2B #E9B561 #F0CE97 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#E9B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B561

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B561	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.118 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb90',
    500: '#e9b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b561;
$custom-light: #f3cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80376,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B561

secondary

#3868B6

accent

#5BD80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B561

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

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