#E9AA6F#E9AA6F
#E9AA6F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.106 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9AA6F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 170, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 52%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27%, 52.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.33, 16.54, 39.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.33, 42.67, 67.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.49% 0.0474 0.0947) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.49% 0.106 63.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.8509, 47.2244, 21.4728) |
| Luminance | 0.4722 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.62
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.45
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.57
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.75
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9AA6F #6FAEE9
analogous
#E96F71 #E9AA6F #E9E76F
triadic
#E9AA6F #6FE9AA #AA6FE9
tetradic
#E9AA6F #71E96F #6FAEE9 #E76FE9
square
#E9AA6F #71E96F #6FAEE9 #E76FE9
split-complementary
#E9AA6F #6FE9E7 #6F71E9
monochromatic
#C06C1D #E18B3A #E9AA6F #F1C9A4 #F9E9D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.01
#E9AA6F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.44
#E9AA6F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9AA6F
10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9AA6F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9AA6F | 1.00 | 2.01 | 10.44 | 10.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.01 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAE6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBD70
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9C9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9aa6f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 170, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.106 63.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c399',
500: '#e9aa6f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9aa6f; $custom-light: #f3c399; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9aa6f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 170,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.016,
"s": 73.494,
"l": 67.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78487,
"c": 0.10589,
"h": 63.4
},
"luminance": 0.47221
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9AA6F
secondary
#C7DBED
accent
#76D610
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E