#E9BB61#E9BB61

#E9BB61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB61
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, 6.44, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 51.51, 82.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0159 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.12 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5349, 53.7306, 18.8582)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB61 #618FE9

analogous

#E97761 #E9BB61 #D3E961

triadic

#E9BB61 #61E9BB #BB61E9

tetradic

#E9BB61 #61E977 #618FE9 #E961D3

square

#E9BB61 #61E977 #618FE9 #E961D3

split-complementary

#E9BB61 #61D3E9 #7761E9

monochromatic

#B68119 #E2A42B #E9BB61 #F0D297 #F8E9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E9BB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB61

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB61	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf90',
    500: '#e9bb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb61;
$custom-light: #f3cf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81538,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB61

secondary

#3863B6

accent

#52D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB61

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

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