#E9B174#E9B174
#E9B174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.102 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9B174 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 177, 116) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 73%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 50%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 24%, 50.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.09, 13.26, 38.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.09, 41.15, 71.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.88% 0.0383 0.0942) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.88% 0.102 67.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.4813, 50.0323, 23.4126) |
| Luminance | 0.5003 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 4.82
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.05
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.75
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.71
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.81
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 7.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9B174 #74ACE9
analogous
#E97674 #E9B174 #E6E974
triadic
#E9B174 #74E9B1 #B174E9
tetradic
#E9B174 #74E976 #74ACE9 #E974E6
square
#E9B174 #74E976 #74ACE9 #E974E6
split-complementary
#E9B174 #74E6E9 #7674E9
monochromatic
#C4751F #E1933F #E9B174 #F1CFA9 #FAECDE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#E9B174 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.01
#E9B174 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9B174
11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9B174 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9B174 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 11.01 | 11.01 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B46F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1C175
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAA4A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9b174; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 116); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.102 67.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c89d',
500: '#e9b174',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9b174; $custom-light: #f3c89d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9b174",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 177,
"b": 116
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.282,
"s": 72.671,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7988,
"c": 0.10165,
"h": 67.9
},
"luminance": 0.50029
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9B174
secondary
#407EC1
accent
#6FD511
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F5
border
#D7D2CF
text
#17130E
muted
#85827F