#E9B781#E9B781

#E9B781 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.091 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B781
RGB	rgb(233, 183, 129)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(31, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 11.33, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 36.14, 71.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% 0.0338 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.091 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5023, 52.7787, 28.0812)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B781 #81B3E9

analogous

#E98381 #E9B781 #E7E981

triadic

#E9B781 #81E9B7 #B781E9

tetradic

#E9B781 #81E983 #81B3E9 #E981E7

square

#E9B781 #81E983 #81B3E9 #E981E7

split-complementary

#E9B781 #81E7E9 #8381E9

monochromatic

#CC7B24 #E0994D #E9B781 #F2D5B5 #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E9B781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#E9B781 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B781

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B781	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 183, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.091 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cca6',
    500: '#e9b781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b781;
$custom-light: #f2cca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81237,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B781

secondary

#4C85C2

accent

#6FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF6

border

#D6D3D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B781

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

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