#E9A480#E9A480

#E9A480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.096 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A480
RGB	rgb(233, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(21, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(21, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 21.32, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 35.89, 53.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% 0.0635 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.096 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7784, 45.4367, 26.5136)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A480 #80C5E9

analogous

#E98090 #E9A480 #E9D880

triadic

#E9A480 #80E9A4 #A480E9

tetradic

#E9A480 #90E980 #80C5E9 #D880E9

square

#E9A480 #90E980 #80C5E9 #D880E9

split-complementary

#E9A480 #80E9D8 #8090E9

monochromatic

#CB5D23 #E07F4C #E9A480 #F2C9B4 #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E9A480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#E9A480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A480

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A480	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.096 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bfa5',
    500: '#e9a480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a480;
$custom-light: #f2bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77676,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A480

secondary

#D4E7F1

accent

#91D213

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF7F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A480

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

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