#E9B166#E9B166

#E9B166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.113 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B166
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 12.09, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 47.40, 75.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0331 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.113 73)
XYZ	xyz(51.7274, 49.7307, 19.4423)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B166 #669EE9

analogous

#E96F66 #E9B166 #DFE966

triadic

#E9B166 #66E9B1 #B166E9

tetradic

#E9B166 #66E96F #669EE9 #E966DF

square

#E9B166 #66E96F #669EE9 #E966DF

split-complementary

#E9B166 #66DFE9 #6F66E9

monochromatic

#BA761B #E19630 #E9B166 #F1CC9C #F8E8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E9B166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E9B166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B166

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B166	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.113 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c893',
    500: '#e9b166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b166;
$custom-light: #f3c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79675,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.49727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B166

secondary

#C0D2EB

accent

#64D70E

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B166

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

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