#E9A76E#E9A76E
#E9A76E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.107 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A76E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 167, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 52.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.60, 18.05, 38.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.60, 42.92, 65.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.92% 0.0518 0.0937) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.92% 0.107 61.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.2402, 46.0906, 20.9991) |
| Luminance | 0.4609 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.05
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.25
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.99
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.33
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.23
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 7.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A76E #6EB0E9
analogous
#E96E72 #E9A76E #E9E56E
triadic
#E9A76E #6EE9A7 #A76EE9
tetradic
#E9A76E #72E96E #6EB0E9 #E56EE9
square
#E9A76E #72E96E #6EB0E9 #E56EE9
split-complementary
#E9A76E #6EE9E5 #6E72E9
monochromatic
#C0681D #E18739 #E9A76E #F1C7A3 #F9E7D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#E9A76E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.22
#E9A76E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A76E
10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A76E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A76E | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.22 | 10.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBAC69
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBBB6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9999
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a76e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 167, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.107 61.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c198',
500: '#e9a76e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a76e; $custom-light: #f3c198; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a76e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 167,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.805,
"s": 73.653,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77915,
"c": 0.10708,
"h": 61.1
},
"luminance": 0.46087
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A76E
secondary
#C6DBED
accent
#7AD610
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E