#E9B996#E9B996

#E9B996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.073 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B996
RGB	rgb(233, 185, 150)
HSL	hsl(25, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(25, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, 12.58, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 27.42, 62.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% 0.039 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.073 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4598, 54.2264, 36.3411)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B996 #96C6E9

analogous

#E9969D #E9B996 #E9E296

triadic

#E9B996 #96E9B9 #B996E9

tetradic

#E9B996 #9DE996 #96C6E9 #E296E9

square

#E9B996 #9DE996 #96C6E9 #E296E9

split-complementary

#E9B996 #96E9E2 #969DE9

monochromatic

#D47631 #DE9763 #E9B996 #F4DBC9 #FAEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9B996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#E9B996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B996

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B996	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 185, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.073 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ceb5',
    500: '#e9b996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b996;
$custom-light: #f1ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.301,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82019,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B996

secondary

#6099C4

accent

#81CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B996

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

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