#E9BC61#E9BC61

#E9BC61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC61
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, 5.91, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 51.74, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% 0.0143 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.121 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7478, 54.1564, 18.9292)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC61 #618EE9

analogous

#E97861 #E9BC61 #D2E961

triadic

#E9BC61 #61E9BC #BC61E9

tetradic

#E9BC61 #61E978 #618EE9 #E961D2

square

#E9BC61 #61E978 #618EE9 #E961D2

split-complementary

#E9BC61 #61D2E9 #7861E9

monochromatic

#B68219 #E2A52B #E9BC61 #F0D397 #F8EACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E9BC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#E9BC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC61

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC61	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d090',
    500: '#e9bc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc61;
$custom-light: #f3d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81733,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC61

secondary

#3862B6

accent

#51D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC61

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

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