#E9BB62#E9BB62

#E9BB62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BB62
RGB	rgb(233, 187, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 6.51, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 51.06, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% 0.0162 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.12 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5818, 53.7494, 19.1054)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BB62 #6290E9

analogous

#E97862 #E9BB62 #D3E962

triadic

#E9BB62 #62E9BB #BB62E9

tetradic

#E9BB62 #62E978 #6290E9 #E962D3

square

#E9BB62 #62E978 #6290E9 #E962D3

split-complementary

#E9BB62 #62D3E9 #7862E9

monochromatic

#B7811A #E1A42C #E9BB62 #F1D298 #F8E9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9BB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E9BB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BB62

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BB62	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)

#CFBB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 187, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf91',
    500: '#e9bb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bb62;
$custom-light: #f3cf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8155,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BB62

secondary

#3863B7

accent

#53D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BB62

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

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