#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
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 101)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 7.79, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 49.27, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% 0.0203 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.116 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3048, 52.9644, 19.7249)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E9B965	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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