#E9B68C#E9B68C
#E9B68C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.081 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9B68C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 182, 140) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 68%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 40%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 39.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.68, 13.02, 28.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.68, 31.29, 65.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.25% 0.0397 0.071) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.25% 0.081 60.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0677, 52.6760, 32.0728) |
| Luminance | 0.5267 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.06
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.00
Tan
#D2B48C
ΔE00 6.48
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.84
Apricot
#FBCEB1
ΔE00 6.90
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 7.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9B68C #8CBFE9
analogous
#E98C90 #E9B68C #E9E48C
triadic
#E9B68C #8CE9B6 #B68CE9
tetradic
#E9B68C #90E98C #8CBFE9 #E48CE9
square
#E9B68C #90E98C #8CBFE9 #E48CE9
split-complementary
#E9B68C #8CE9E4 #8C90E9
monochromatic
#D27528 #DF9559 #E9B68C #F3D7BF #FAEFE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E9B68C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.53
#E9B68C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9B68C
11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9B68C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9B68C | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.53 | 11.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B989
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2C58D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8ACAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9b68c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 140); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.081 60.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2cbae',
500: '#e9b68c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9b68c; $custom-light: #f2cbae; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9b68c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 182,
"b": 140
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.097,
"s": 67.883,
"l": 73.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81249,
"c": 0.08137,
"h": 60.8
},
"luminance": 0.52673
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9B68C
secondary
#5692C3
accent
#7CD016
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFAF7
border
#D6D3D0
text
#171310
muted
#858381