#E9B486#E9B486

#E9B486 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.087 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B486
RGB	rgb(233, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(28, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 13.43, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 33.64, 66.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% 0.0405 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.087 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2306, 51.6905, 29.6705)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B486 #86BBE9

analogous

#E9868A #E9B486 #E9E686

triadic

#E9B486 #86E9B4 #B486E9

tetradic

#E9B486 #8AE986 #86BBE9 #E686E9

square

#E9B486 #8AE986 #86BBE9 #E686E9

split-complementary

#E9B486 #86E9E6 #868AE9

monochromatic

#CF7426 #E09452 #E9B486 #F2D4BA #FAEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E9B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#E9B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B486

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B486	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.087 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2caa9',
    500: '#e9b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b486;
$custom-light: #f2caa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.879,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80757,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B486

secondary

#518EC2

accent

#79D114

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F6

border

#D6D2D0

text

#171310

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B486

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

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