#E9BC79#E9BC79

#E9BC79 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.099 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BC79
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, 7.91, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 40.65, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% 0.023 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.099 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0409, 54.6736, 25.7394)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BC79 #79A6E9

analogous

#E98479 #E9BC79 #DEE979

triadic

#E9BC79 #79E9BC #BC79E9

tetradic

#E9BC79 #79E984 #79A6E9 #E979DE

square

#E9BC79 #79E984 #79A6E9 #E979DE

split-complementary

#E9BC79 #79DEE9 #8479E9

monochromatic

#C78421 #E0A244 #E9BC79 #F2D6AE #FAF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E9BC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E9BC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BC79

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BC79	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.099 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d0a1',
    500: '#e9bc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bc79;
$custom-light: #f2d0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.893,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82066,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BC79

secondary

#4577C1

accent

#60D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BC79

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

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