#E9A681#E9A681

#E9A681 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.094 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A681
RGB	rgb(233, 166, 129)
HSL	hsl(21, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(21, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, 20.36, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 35.41, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0607 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.094 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2053, 46.1846, 26.9822)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A681 #81C4E9

analogous

#E98190 #E9A681 #E9DA81

triadic

#E9A681 #81E9A6 #A681E9

tetradic

#E9A681 #90E981 #81C4E9 #DA81E9

square

#E9A681 #90E981 #81C4E9 #DA81E9

split-complementary

#E9A681 #81E9DA #8190E9

monochromatic

#CC6024 #E0814D #E9A681 #F2CBB5 #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E9A681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#E9A681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A681

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A681	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 166, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.094 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c0a6',
    500: '#e9a681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a681;
$custom-light: #f2c0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.346,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78059,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A681

secondary

#D5E7F1

accent

#8ED213

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF7F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A681

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

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