#E9AE99#E9AE99

#E9AE99 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.076 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AE99
RGB	rgb(233, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(16, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 18.79, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 26.86, 45.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0575 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.076 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4917, 49.8988, 36.8921)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AE99 #99D4E9

analogous

#E999AC #E9AE99 #E9D699

triadic

#E9AE99 #99E9AE #AE99E9

tetradic

#E9AE99 #ACE999 #99D4E9 #D699E9

square

#E9AE99 #ACE999 #99D4E9 #D699E9

split-complementary

#E9AE99 #99E9D6 #99ACE9

monochromatic

#D35E34 #DE8667 #E9AE99 #F4D6CB #FAEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E9AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E9AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AE99

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AE99	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.076 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c6b7',
    500: '#e9ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ae99;
$custom-light: #f1c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.07557,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AE99

secondary

#DAEBF1

accent

#9DCC19

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#171311

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AE99

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

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