#E9BE6A#E9BE6A
#E9BE6A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.114 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9BE6A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 190, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(40, 74%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(40, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 54.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.15, 5.56, 47.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.15, 48.08, 83.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.24% 0.0144 0.113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.24% 0.114 82.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6217, 55.1943, 21.4094) |
| Luminance | 0.5519 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 5.27
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.97
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.01
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 6.15
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 7.08
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9BE6A #6A95E9
analogous
#E97F6A #E9BE6A #D5E96A
triadic
#E9BE6A #6AE9BE #BE6AE9
tetradic
#E9BE6A #6AE97F #6A95E9 #E96AD5
square
#E9BE6A #6AE97F #6A95E9 #E96AD5
split-complementary
#E9BE6A #6AD5E9 #7F6AE9
monochromatic
#BD861C #E1A735 #E9BE6A #F1D59F #F9EDD5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.74
#E9BE6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.04
#E9BE6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9BE6A
12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9BE6A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9BE6A | 1.00 | 1.74 | 12.04 | 12.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BE63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC96D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB0AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9be6a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.114 82.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d196',
500: '#e9be6a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9be6a; $custom-light: #f3d196; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9be6a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 190,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 39.685,
"s": 74.269,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82238,
"c": 0.11388,
"h": 82.7
},
"luminance": 0.55191
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9BE6A
secondary
#3B67BC
accent
#53D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F