#E9BE61#E9BE61

#E9BE61 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.122 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE61
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, 4.87, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 52.20, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% 0.0113 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.122 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1780, 55.0168, 19.0726)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE61 #618CE9

analogous

#E97A61 #E9BE61 #D0E961

triadic

#E9BE61 #61E9BE #BE61E9

tetradic

#E9BE61 #61E97A #618CE9 #E961D0

square

#E9BE61 #61E97A #618CE9 #E961D0

split-complementary

#E9BE61 #61D0E9 #7A61E9

monochromatic

#B68519 #E2A82B #E9BE61 #F0D497 #F8EACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E9BE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE61

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE61	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.122 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d190',
    500: '#e9be61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be61;
$custom-light: #f3d190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82125,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE61

secondary

#3860B6

accent

#4ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE61

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

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