#E9B650#E9B650

#E9B650 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.132 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9B650
RGBrgb(233, 182, 80)
HSLhsl(40, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(40, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.90, 7.95, 57.40)
CIE-LCHlch(76.90, 57.94, 82.12°)
OKLaboklab(80.38% 0.0181 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(80.38% 0.132 82.1)
XYZxyz(51.7832, 51.3622, 14.7743)
Luminance0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9B650 #5083E9
analogous
#E96A50 #E9B650 #D0E950
triadic
#E9B650 #50E9B6 #B650E9
tetradic
#E9B650 #50E96A #5083E9 #E950D0
square
#E9B650 #50E96A #5083E9 #E950D0
split-complementary
#E9B650 #50D0E9 #6A50E9
monochromatic
#A97815 #E09E1C #E9B650 #F0CD86 #F7E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#E9B650 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27
#E9B650 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B650
11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9B650#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9B6501.001.8611.2711.27
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2721.001.001.00
##00000011.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB645
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C354
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCA6A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9b650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.132 82.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cb85',
    500: '#e9b650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9b650;
$custom-light: #f4cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9b650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80379,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9B650
secondary
#325BAB
accent
#50DA0C
background
#FFFDFB
surface
#FFF9F2
border
#D7D2CC
text
#18130B
muted
#86827E

Preview Lab

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#E9B650 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva