#E9B596#E9B596

#E9B596 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.074 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B596
RGB	rgb(233, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, 14.70, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 27.33, 57.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0453 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.074 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6348, 52.5764, 36.0661)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B596 #96CAE9

analogous

#E996A0 #E9B596 #E9DF96

triadic

#E9B596 #96E9B5 #B596E9

tetradic

#E9B596 #A0E996 #96CAE9 #DF96E9

square

#E9B596 #A0E996 #96CAE9 #DF96E9

split-complementary

#E9B596 #96E9DF #96A0E9

monochromatic

#D46E31 #DE9163 #E9B596 #F4D9C9 #FAEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E9B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#E9B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B596

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B596	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.074 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cbb5',
    500: '#e9b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b596;
$custom-light: #f1cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.41,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81263,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B596

secondary

#609EC4

accent

#8ACD18

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FEF9F8

border

#D6D2D1

text

#171311

muted

#858281

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B596

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

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