#E9B985#E9B985

#E9B985 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.087 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B985
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(31, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, 10.68, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 34.64, 72.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.0323 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.087 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1888, 53.7181, 29.6475)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B985 #85B5E9

analogous

#E98785 #E9B985 #E7E985

triadic

#E9B985 #85E9B9 #B985E9

tetradic

#E9B985 #85E987 #85B5E9 #E985E7

square

#E9B985 #85E987 #85B5E9 #E985E7

split-complementary

#E9B985 #85E7E9 #8785E9

monochromatic

#CE7D25 #E09B51 #E9B985 #F2D7B9 #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9B985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#E9B985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B985

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B985	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BB81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.087 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cea9',
    500: '#e9b985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b985;
$custom-light: #f2cea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8169,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B985

secondary

#5087C2

accent

#6FD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF6

border

#D6D3D0

text

#171310

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B985

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

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