#E9B299#E9B299

#E9B299 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.073 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B299
RGB	rgb(233, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(19, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(19, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 16.66, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 26.43, 50.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0512 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.073 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2760, 51.4674, 37.1535)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B299 #99D0E9

analogous

#E999A8 #E9B299 #E9DA99

triadic

#E9B299 #99E9B2 #B299E9

tetradic

#E9B299 #A8E999 #99D0E9 #DA99E9

square

#E9B299 #A8E999 #99D0E9 #DA99E9

split-complementary

#E9B299 #99E9DA #99A8E9

monochromatic

#D36634 #DE8C67 #E9B299 #F4D8CB #FAECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#E9B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B299

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B299	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.073 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c9b7',
    500: '#e9b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b299;
$custom-light: #f1c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80766,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B299

secondary

#62A5C4

accent

#94CC19

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B299

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

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