#E9B480#E9B480

#E9B480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.092 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B480
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(30, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 12.81, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 36.22, 69.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0382 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.092 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8240, 51.5279, 27.5288)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B480 #80B5E9

analogous

#E98080 #E9B480 #E9E880

triadic

#E9B480 #80E9B4 #B480E9

tetradic

#E9B480 #80E980 #80B5E9 #E880E9

square

#E9B480 #80E980 #80B5E9 #E880E9

split-complementary

#E9B480 #80E9E8 #8080E9

monochromatic

#CB7623 #E0954C #E9B480 #F2D3B4 #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#E9B480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B480

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B480	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B77C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.092 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2caa5',
    500: '#e9b480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b480;
$custom-light: #f2caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80648,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B480

secondary

#4B87C2

accent

#74D213

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F6

border

#D6D2D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B480

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

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