#E9BE62#E9BE62

#E9BE62 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.121 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE62
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, 4.94, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 51.75, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% 0.0116 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.121 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2249, 55.0356, 19.3197)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE62 #628DE9

analogous

#E97B62 #E9BE62 #D0E962

triadic

#E9BE62 #62E9BE #BE62E9

tetradic

#E9BE62 #62E97B #628DE9 #E962D0

square

#E9BE62 #62E97B #628DE9 #E962D0

split-complementary

#E9BE62 #62D0E9 #7B62E9

monochromatic

#B7851A #E1A82C #E9BE62 #F1D498 #F8EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E9BE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE62

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE62	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.121 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d191',
    500: '#e9be62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be62;
$custom-light: #f3d191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82137,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE62

secondary

#3861B7

accent

#4ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE62

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

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