#E9C165#E9C165

#E9C165 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.120 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C165
RGB	rgb(233, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, 3.60, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 51.12, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% 0.0081 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.12 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0257, 56.4062, 20.2986)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C165 #658DE9

analogous

#E97F65 #E9C165 #CFE965

triadic

#E9C165 #65E9C1 #C165E9

tetradic

#E9C165 #65E97F #658DE9 #E965CF

square

#E9C165 #65E97F #658DE9 #E965CF

split-complementary

#E9C165 #65CFE9 #7F65E9

monochromatic

#B9891A #E1AB2F #E9C165 #F1D79B #F8ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E9C165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E9C165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C165

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C165	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.120 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d393',
    500: '#e9c165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c165;
$custom-light: #f3d393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82763,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C165

secondary

#3A60B9

accent

#4BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C165

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

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