#E9BD61#E9BD61

#E9BD61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.121 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD61
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, 5.39, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 51.97, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0128 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.121 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9622, 54.5851, 19.0007)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD61 #618DE9

analogous

#E97961 #E9BD61 #D1E961

triadic

#E9BD61 #61E9BD #BD61E9

tetradic

#E9BD61 #61E979 #618DE9 #E961D1

square

#E9BD61 #61E979 #618DE9 #E961D1

split-complementary

#E9BD61 #61D1E9 #7961E9

monochromatic

#B68319 #E2A72B #E9BD61 #F0D397 #F8EACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#E9BD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD61

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD61	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.121 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d090',
    500: '#e9bd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd61;
$custom-light: #f3d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81929,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD61

secondary

#3861B6

accent

#4FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD61

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

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