#E9B987#E9B987

#E9B987 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.086 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B987
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(31, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 10.89, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 33.75, 71.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% 0.0331 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.086 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3283, 53.7738, 30.3821)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B987 #87B7E9

analogous

#E98887 #E9B987 #E8E987

triadic

#E9B987 #87E9B9 #B987E9

tetradic

#E9B987 #87E988 #87B7E9 #E987E8

square

#E9B987 #87E988 #87B7E9 #E987E8

split-complementary

#E9B987 #87E8E9 #8887E9

monochromatic

#D07D26 #E09B53 #E9B987 #F2D7BB #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E9B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E9B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B987

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B987	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.086 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ceaa',
    500: '#e9b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b987;
$custom-light: #f2ceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81726,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B987

secondary

#5289C3

accent

#71D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF7

border

#D6D3D0

text

#171310

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B987

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

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