#E9B565#E9B565

#E9B565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.115 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B565
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 9.89, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 48.50, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0265 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.115 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4798, 51.3144, 19.4499)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B565 #6599E9

analogous

#E97365 #E9B565 #DBE965

triadic

#E9B565 #65E9B5 #B565E9

tetradic

#E9B565 #65E973 #6599E9 #E965DB

square

#E9B565 #65E973 #6599E9 #E965DB

split-complementary

#E9B565 #65DBE9 #7365E9

monochromatic

#B97B1A #E19B2F #E9B565 #F1CF9B #F8E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#E9B565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B565

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B565	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.115 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb93',
    500: '#e9b565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b565;
$custom-light: #f3cb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80427,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B565

secondary

#3A6CB9

accent

#5DD70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B565

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

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