#E9BD79#E9BD79

#E9BD79 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.100 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BD79
RGB	rgb(233, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, 7.39, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 40.86, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% 0.0214 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.1 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2552, 55.1023, 25.8108)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BD79 #79A5E9

analogous

#E98579 #E9BD79 #DDE979

triadic

#E9BD79 #79E9BD #BD79E9

tetradic

#E9BD79 #79E985 #79A5E9 #E979DD

square

#E9BD79 #79E985 #79A5E9 #E979DD

split-complementary

#E9BD79 #79DDE9 #8579E9

monochromatic

#C78621 #E0A344 #E9BD79 #F2D7AE #FAF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E9BD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E9BD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BD79

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BD79	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9bd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.100 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d0a1',
    500: '#e9bd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9bd79;
$custom-light: #f2d0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9bd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8226,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BD79

secondary

#4576C1

accent

#5ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BD79

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

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