#E9B38B#E9B38B

#E9B38B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.083 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B38B
RGB	rgb(233, 179, 139)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(26, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 40.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 14.50, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 31.52, 62.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0441 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.083 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3865, 51.4311, 31.4836)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B38B #8BC1E9

analogous

#E98B92 #E9B38B #E9E28B

triadic

#E9B38B #8BE9B3 #B38BE9

tetradic

#E9B38B #92E98B #8BC1E9 #E28BE9

square

#E9B38B #92E98B #8BC1E9 #E28BE9

split-complementary

#E9B38B #8BE9E2 #8B92E9

monochromatic

#D27028 #DF9158 #E9B38B #F3D5BE #FAEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#E9B38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B38B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B38B	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)

#C3B788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 179, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.083 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c9ad',
    500: '#e9b38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b38b;
$custom-light: #f2c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80663,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B38B

secondary

#5594C3

accent

#81D015

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F7

border

#D6D2D0

text

#171310

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B38B

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

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