#E9BC73#E9BC73

#E9BC73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.105 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC73
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 115)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, 7.36, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 43.45, 80.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% 0.0207 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.105 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6843, 54.5310, 23.8615)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC73 #73A0E9

analogous

#E98173 #E9BC73 #DBE973

triadic

#E9BC73 #73E9BC #BC73E9

tetradic

#E9BC73 #73E981 #73A0E9 #E973DB

square

#E9BC73 #73E981 #73A0E9 #E973DB

split-complementary

#E9BC73 #73DBE9 #8173E9

monochromatic

#C3841F #E1A33E #E9BC73 #F1D5A8 #FAEFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E9BC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC73

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC73	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.105 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d09c',
    500: '#e9bc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc73;
$custom-light: #f2d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81974,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC73

secondary

#3F71C1

accent

#5BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC73

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

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