#E9A178#E9A178

#E9A178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.102 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A178
RGB	rgb(233, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 22.14, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 38.96, 55.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0652 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.102 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7419, 44.1732, 23.6721)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A178 #78C0E9

analogous

#E97888 #E9A178 #E9DA78

triadic

#E9A178 #78E9A1 #A178E9

tetradic

#E9A178 #88E978 #78C0E9 #DA78E9

square

#E9A178 #88E978 #78C0E9 #DA78E9

split-complementary

#E9A178 #78E9DA #7888E9

monochromatic

#C65D20 #E07C43 #E9A178 #F2C6AD #FAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E9A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#E9A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A178

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A178	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.102 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd9f',
    500: '#e9a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a178;
$custom-light: #f3bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.77,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A178

secondary

#CEE3EF

accent

#8DD411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A178

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

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