#E9B586#E9B586

#E9B586 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.086 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B586
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(28, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 12.90, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 33.73, 67.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0389 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.086 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4332, 52.0958, 29.7380)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B586 #86BAE9

analogous

#E98689 #E9B586 #E9E786

triadic

#E9B586 #86E9B5 #B586E9

tetradic

#E9B586 #89E986 #86BAE9 #E786E9

square

#E9B586 #89E986 #86BAE9 #E786E9

split-complementary

#E9B586 #86E9E7 #8689E9

monochromatic

#CF7626 #E09552 #E9B586 #F2D5BA #FAEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E9B586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B586

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B586	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.086 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cba9',
    500: '#e9b586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b586;
$custom-light: #f2cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.485,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80946,
    "c": 0.08645,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B586

secondary

#518CC2

accent

#78D114

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F6

border

#D6D2D0

text

#171310

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B586

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

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