#E9B965#E9B965

#E9B965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9B965
RGBrgb(233, 185, 101)
HSLhsl(38, 75%, 65%)
HSVhsv(38, 57%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.85, 7.79, 48.65)
CIE-LCHlch(77.85, 49.27, 80.91°)
OKLaboklab(81.2% 0.0203 0.1144)
OKLCHoklch(81.2% 0.116 79.9)
XYZxyz(53.3048, 52.9644, 19.7249)
Luminance0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9B965 #6595E9
analogous
#E97765 #E9B965 #D7E965
triadic
#E9B965 #65E9B9 #B965E9
tetradic
#E9B965 #65E977 #6595E9 #E965D7
square
#E9B965 #65E977 #6595E9 #E965D7
split-complementary
#E9B965 #65D7E9 #7765E9
monochromatic
#B97F1A #E1A12F #E9B965 #F1D19B #F8EAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#E9B965 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59
#E9B965 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B965
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9B965#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9B9651.001.8111.5911.59
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5921.001.001.00
##00000011.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB95D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C568
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBABA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9b965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 79.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd93',
    500: '#e9b965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9b965;
$custom-light: #f3cd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9b965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81199,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9B965
secondary
#3A68B9
accent
#57D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFAF4
border
#D7D3CE
text
#17130D
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B965

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#E9B965 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva