#E9A172#E9A172

#E9A172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.106 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A172
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(24, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 21.59, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 41.23, 58.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0629 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.106 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3891, 44.0321, 21.8141)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A172 #72BAE9

analogous

#E9727F #E9A172 #E9DC72

triadic

#E9A172 #72E9A1 #A172E9

tetradic

#E9A172 #7FE972 #72BAE9 #DC72E9

square

#E9A172 #7FE972 #72BAE9 #DC72E9

split-complementary

#E9A172 #72E9DC #727FE9

monochromatic

#C25F1E #E17E3D #E9A172 #F1C4A7 #FAE8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#E9A172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A172

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A172	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.106 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd9b',
    500: '#e9a172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a172;
$custom-light: #f3bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.697,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76882,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A172

secondary

#C9DFEE

accent

#87D510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A172

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

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