#E9B8A6#E9B8A6

#E9B8A6 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.062 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B8A6
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(16, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 28.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, 15.12, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 21.94, 46.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% 0.0469 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.062 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6288, 54.3605, 43.5261)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B8A6 #A6D7E9

analogous

#E9A6B5 #E9B8A6 #E9D9A6

triadic

#E9B8A6 #A6E9B8 #B8A6E9

tetradic

#E9B8A6 #B5E9A6 #A6D7E9 #D9A6E9

square

#E9B8A6 #B5E9A6 #A6D7E9 #D9A6E9

split-complementary

#E9B8A6 #A6E9D9 #A6B5E9

monochromatic

#D16A44 #DD9175 #E9B8A6 #F5DFD7 #F9EBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E9B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B8A6

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B8A6	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.062 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cdc0',
    500: '#e9b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b8a6;
$custom-light: #f1cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82184,
    "c": 0.06231,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B8A6

secondary

#6FADC4

accent

#9AC81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF9

border

#D6D3D2

text

#171312

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B8A6

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

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