#E9B562#E9B562

#E9B562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.117 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B562
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 9.67, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 49.85, 78.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% 0.0255 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.117 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3355, 51.2567, 18.6899)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B562 #6296E9

analogous

#E97262 #E9B562 #D9E962

triadic

#E9B562 #62E9B5 #B562E9

tetradic

#E9B562 #62E972 #6296E9 #E962D9

square

#E9B562 #62E972 #6296E9 #E962D9

split-complementary

#E9B562 #62D9E9 #7262E9

monochromatic

#B77A1A #E19C2C #E9B562 #F1CE98 #F8E8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#E9B562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B562

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B562	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)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.117 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb91',
    500: '#e9b562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b562;
$custom-light: #f3cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80388,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B562

secondary

#3869B7

accent

#5CD80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B562

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

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