#E9A080#E9A080

#E9A080 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.098 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A080
RGB	rgb(233, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(18, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 23.45, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 36.24, 49.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0699 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.098 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0738, 44.0275, 26.2787)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A080 #80C9E9

analogous

#E98094 #E9A080 #E9D580

triadic

#E9A080 #80E9A0 #A080E9

tetradic

#E9A080 #94E980 #80C9E9 #D580E9

square

#E9A080 #94E980 #80C9E9 #D580E9

split-complementary

#E9A080 #80E9D5 #8094E9

monochromatic

#CB5623 #E0794C #E9A080 #F2C7B4 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#E9A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A080

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A080	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.098 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bca5',
    500: '#e9a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a080;
$custom-light: #f3bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.286,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A080

secondary

#D4E8F1

accent

#98D213

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A080

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

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