#E9BC6D#E9BC6D

#E9BC6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.110 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC6D
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 109)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, 6.85, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 46.23, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% 0.0185 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.11 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3502, 54.3974, 22.1021)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC6D #6D9AE9

analogous

#E97E6D #E9BC6D #D8E96D

triadic

#E9BC6D #6DE9BC #BC6DE9

tetradic

#E9BC6D #6DE97E #6D9AE9 #E96DD8

square

#E9BC6D #6DE97E #6D9AE9 #E96DD8

split-complementary

#E9BC6D #6DD8E9 #7E6DE9

monochromatic

#BF841D #E1A438 #E9BC6D #F1D4A2 #F9EDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E9BC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC6D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC6D	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.110 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d098',
    500: '#e9bc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc6d;
$custom-light: #f3d098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81888,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC6D

secondary

#3C6BBE

accent

#58D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC6D

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

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