#E9AE8A#E9AE8A

#E9AE8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.085 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE8A
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 17.05, 26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 31.84, 57.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% 0.0516 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.085 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3298, 49.4340, 30.7726)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE8A #8AC5E9

analogous

#E98A95 #E9AE8A #E9DD8A

triadic

#E9AE8A #8AE9AE #AE8AE9

tetradic

#E9AE8A #95E98A #8AC5E9 #DD8AE9

square

#E9AE8A #95E98A #8AC5E9 #DD8AE9

split-complementary

#E9AE8A #8AE9DD #8A95E9

monochromatic

#D16827 #DF8A56 #E9AE8A #F3D2BE #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#E9AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE8A

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE8A	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.085 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c6ac',
    500: '#e9ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae8a;
$custom-light: #f2c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.737,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79708,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE8A

secondary

#D9E8F2

accent

#89D015

background

#FFFCFA

surface

#FEF8F4

border

#D6D1CE

text

#171310

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE8A

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

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