#E9AE8B#E9AE8B

#E9AE8B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.084 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE8B
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 139)
HSL	hsl(22, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(22, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 40.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 17.16, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 31.47, 56.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.052 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.084 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4025, 49.4631, 31.1557)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE8B #8BC6E9

analogous

#E98B97 #E9AE8B #E9DD8B

triadic

#E9AE8B #8BE9AE #AE8BE9

tetradic

#E9AE8B #97E98B #8BC6E9 #DD8BE9

square

#E9AE8B #97E98B #8BC6E9 #DD8BE9

split-complementary

#E9AE8B #8BE9DD #8B97E9

monochromatic

#D26728 #DF8A58 #E9AE8B #F3D2BE #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E9AE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#E9AE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE8B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE8B	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)

#BEB388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.084 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c6ad',
    500: '#e9ae8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae8b;
$custom-light: #f2c6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.34,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79728,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE8B

secondary

#D9E9F2

accent

#8BD015

background

#FFFCFA

surface

#FEF8F4

border

#D6D1CE

text

#171310

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE8B

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

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