#E9A985#E9A985

#E9A985 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.090 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A985
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(22, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, 19.17, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 33.82, 55.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0575 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.09 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0281, 47.3965, 28.5939)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A985 #85C5E9

analogous

#E98593 #E9A985 #E9DB85

triadic

#E9A985 #85E9A9 #A985E9

tetradic

#E9A985 #93E985 #85C5E9 #DB85E9

square

#E9A985 #93E985 #85C5E9 #DB85E9

split-complementary

#E9A985 #85E9DB #8593E9

monochromatic

#CE6225 #E08451 #E9A985 #F2CEB9 #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E9A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#E9A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A985

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A985	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.090 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c2a8',
    500: '#e9a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a985;
$custom-light: #f2c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78686,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A985

secondary

#D8E8F2

accent

#8DD114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A985

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

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