#E9A26B#E9A26B
#E9A26B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A26B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 162, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 54.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.38, 20.46, 38.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.38, 44.01, 62.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.95% 0.0586 0.0936) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.95% 0.11 57.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.1813, 44.2297, 19.8540) |
| Luminance | 0.4423 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.96
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.79
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.96
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.05
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.59
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A26B #6BB2E9
analogous
#E96B73 #E9A26B #E9E16B
triadic
#E9A26B #6BE9A2 #A26BE9
tetradic
#E9A26B #73E96B #6BB2E9 #E16BE9
square
#E9A26B #73E96B #6BB2E9 #E16BE9
split-complementary
#E9A26B #6BE9E1 #6B73E9
monochromatic
#BD631C #E18136 #E9A26B #F1C3A0 #F9E5D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A26B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E9A26B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A26B
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A26B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A26B | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A866
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B86B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9494
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a26b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 162, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 57.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd96',
500: '#e9a26b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a26b; $custom-light: #f3bd96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a26b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 162,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.19,
"s": 74.118,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76951,
"c": 0.11042,
"h": 57.9
},
"luminance": 0.44226
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A26B
secondary
#C4DAEC
accent
#7FD60F
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E