#E9BC62#E9BC62

#E9BC62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.120 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC62
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, 5.99, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 51.29, 83.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% 0.0147 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.12 83)
XYZ	xyz(53.7947, 54.1752, 19.1763)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC62 #628FE9

analogous

#E97962 #E9BC62 #D3E962

triadic

#E9BC62 #62E9BC #BC62E9

tetradic

#E9BC62 #62E979 #628FE9 #E962D3

square

#E9BC62 #62E979 #628FE9 #E962D3

split-complementary

#E9BC62 #62D3E9 #7962E9

monochromatic

#B7831A #E1A52C #E9BC62 #F1D398 #F8EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#E9BC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC62

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC62	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D0BC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.120 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d091',
    500: '#e9bc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc62;
$custom-light: #f3d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81745,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.54172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC62

secondary

#3863B7

accent

#51D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC62

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

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