#E9B68E#E9B68E
#E9B68E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.080 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9B68E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 182, 142) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 67%, 74%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 39%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 39.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.72, 13.24, 27.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.72, 30.46, 64.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.29% 0.0405 0.0687) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.29% 0.08 59.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2165, 52.7356, 32.8565) |
| Luminance | 0.5273 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.53
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.99
Apricot
#FBCEB1
ΔE00 6.58
Tan
#D2B48C
ΔE00 6.74
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 7.17
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 8.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9B68E #8EC1E9
analogous
#E98E93 #E9B68E #E9E38E
triadic
#E9B68E #8EE9B6 #B68EE9
tetradic
#E9B68E #93E98E #8EC1E9 #E38EE9
square
#E9B68E #93E98E #8EC1E9 #E38EE9
split-complementary
#E9B68E #8EE9E3 #8E93E9
monochromatic
#D37429 #DF955B #E9B68E #F3D7C1 #FAEEE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E9B68E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.55
#E9B68E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9B68E
11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9B68E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9B68E | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.55 | 11.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B98B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1C58E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8ACAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9b68e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 182, 142); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.080 59.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2cbaf',
500: '#e9b68e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9b68e; $custom-light: #f2cbaf; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9b68e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 182,
"b": 142
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.374,
"s": 67.407,
"l": 73.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81288,
"c": 0.07973,
"h": 59.4
},
"luminance": 0.52733
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9B68E
secondary
#5894C3
accent
#7ECF16
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFAF7
border
#D6D3D0
text
#171310
muted
#858381