#E9B199#E9B199

#E9B199 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.074 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B199
RGB	rgb(233, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(18, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 17.19, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 26.52, 49.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0528 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.074 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0777, 51.0709, 37.0874)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B199 #99D1E9

analogous

#E999A9 #E9B199 #E9D999

triadic

#E9B199 #99E9B1 #B199E9

tetradic

#E9B199 #A9E999 #99D1E9 #D999E9

square

#E9B199 #A9E999 #99D1E9 #D999E9

split-complementary

#E9B199 #99E9D9 #99A9E9

monochromatic

#D36434 #DE8B67 #E9B199 #F4D7CB #FAECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E9B199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#E9B199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B199

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B199	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.074 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c8b7',
    500: '#e9b199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b199;
$custom-light: #f1c8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8058,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B199

secondary

#62A7C4

accent

#97CC19

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B199

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

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