#E9B481#E9B481

#E9B481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.091 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B481
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(29, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 12.91, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 35.78, 68.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0385 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.091 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8901, 51.5543, 27.8771)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B481 #81B6E9

analogous

#E98182 #E9B481 #E9E881

triadic

#E9B481 #81E9B4 #B481E9

tetradic

#E9B481 #82E981 #81B6E9 #E881E9

square

#E9B481 #82E981 #81B6E9 #E881E9

split-complementary

#E9B481 #81E9E8 #8182E9

monochromatic

#CC7624 #E0954D #E9B481 #F2D3B5 #FAEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E9B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#E9B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B481

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B481	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)

#C5B77D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.091 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2caa6',
    500: '#e9b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b481;
$custom-light: #f2caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.423,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80666,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B481

secondary

#4C88C2

accent

#75D213

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F6

border

#D6D2D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B481

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

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