#E9B660#E9B660

#E9B660 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.119 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B660
RGB	rgb(233, 182, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 9.00, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 50.94, 79.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0232 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.119 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4463, 51.6275, 18.2668)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B660 #6093E9

analogous

#E97160 #E9B660 #D8E960

triadic

#E9B660 #60E9B6 #B660E9

tetradic

#E9B660 #60E971 #6093E9 #E960D8

square

#E9B660 #60E971 #6093E9 #E960D8

split-complementary

#E9B660 #60D8E9 #7160E9

monochromatic

#B57B19 #E29D2A #E9B660 #F0CF96 #F8E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#E9B660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B660

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B660	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.119 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cb8f',
    500: '#e9b660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b660;
$custom-light: #f3cb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80556,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B660

secondary

#3867B5

accent

#59D80E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B660

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

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