#E9B960#E9B960

#E9B960 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B960
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 7.42, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 51.54, 81.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0186 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.12 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0673, 52.8694, 18.4738)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B960 #6090E9

analogous

#E97560 #E9B960 #D5E960

triadic

#E9B960 #60E9B9 #B960E9

tetradic

#E9B960 #60E975 #6090E9 #E960D5

square

#E9B960 #60E975 #6090E9 #E960D5

split-complementary

#E9B960 #60D5E9 #7560E9

monochromatic

#B57F19 #E2A12A #E9B960 #F0D196 #F8E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E9B960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#E9B960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B960

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B960	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd90',
    500: '#e9b960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b960;
$custom-light: #f3cd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B960

secondary

#3864B5

accent

#54D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B960

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

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