#E9B09C#E9B09C

#E9B09C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.073 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B09C
RGB	rgb(233, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(16, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 33%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 18.09, 18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 25.75, 45.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0555 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.073 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1318, 50.7776, 38.3432)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B09C #9CD5E9

analogous

#E99CAF #E9B09C #E9D79C

triadic

#E9B09C #9CE9B0 #B09CE9

tetradic

#E9B09C #AFE99C #9CD5E9 #D79CE9

square

#E9B09C #AFE99C #9CD5E9 #D79CE9

split-complementary

#E9B09C #9CE9D7 #9CAFE9

monochromatic

#D36038 #DE886A #E9B09C #F4D8CE #F9EBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E9B09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E9B09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B09C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B09C	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.073 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c7b9',
    500: '#e9b09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b09c;
$custom-light: #f1c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.584,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80462,
    "c": 0.07269,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B09C

secondary

#65ABC4

accent

#9DCB1A

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B09C

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

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