#E9B563#E9B563

#E9B563 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.117 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B563
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 99)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, 9.74, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 49.40, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0258 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.117 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3830, 51.2757, 18.9401)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B563 #6397E9

analogous

#E97263 #E9B563 #DAE963

triadic

#E9B563 #63E9B5 #B563E9

tetradic

#E9B563 #63E972 #6397E9 #E963DA

square

#E9B563 #63E972 #6397E9 #E963DA

split-complementary

#E9B563 #63DAE9 #7263E9

monochromatic

#B87A1A #E19C2D #E9B563 #F1CE99 #F8E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#E9B563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B563

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B563	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)

#C9B65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.117 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb91',
    500: '#e9b563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b563;
$custom-light: #f3cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80401,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B563

secondary

#396AB7

accent

#5CD70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B563

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

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