#E9BE66#E9BE66

#E9BE66 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.117 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE66
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, 5.24, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 49.92, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% 0.013 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.117 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4185, 55.1130, 20.3394)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE66 #6691E9

analogous

#E97C66 #E9BE66 #D3E966

triadic

#E9BE66 #66E9BE #BE66E9

tetradic

#E9BE66 #66E97C #6691E9 #E966D3

square

#E9BE66 #66E97C #6691E9 #E966D3

split-complementary

#E9BE66 #66D3E9 #7C66E9

monochromatic

#BA861B #E1A730 #E9BE66 #F1D59C #F8EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E9BE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE66

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE66	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.117 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d194',
    500: '#e9be66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be66;
$custom-light: #f3d194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82186,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE66

secondary

#3A64B9

accent

#50D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE66

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

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