#E9BE74#E9BE74
#E9BE74 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.105 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9BE74 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 190, 116) |
| HSL | hsl(38, 73%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(38, 50%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 50.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.28, 6.40, 42.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.28, 43.42, 81.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.38% 0.018 0.1031) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.38% 0.105 80.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.1724, 55.4145, 24.3096) |
| Luminance | 0.5541 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 4.96
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.48
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 5.86
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.34
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.35
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9BE74 #749FE9
analogous
#E98374 #E9BE74 #D9E974
triadic
#E9BE74 #74E9BE #BE74E9
tetradic
#E9BE74 #74E983 #749FE9 #E974D9
square
#E9BE74 #74E983 #749FE9 #E974D9
split-complementary
#E9BE74 #74D9E9 #8374E9
monochromatic
#C4871F #E1A53F #E9BE74 #F1D7A9 #FAEFDE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.74
#E9BE74 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.08
#E9BE74 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9BE74
12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9BE74 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9BE74 | 1.00 | 1.74 | 12.08 | 12.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BE6E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC976
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB1AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9be74; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 116); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.105 80.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d19d',
500: '#e9be74',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9be74; $custom-light: #f2d19d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9be74",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 190,
"b": 116
},
"hsl": {
"h": 37.949,
"s": 72.671,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82378,
"c": 0.1047,
"h": 80.1
},
"luminance": 0.55412
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9BE74
secondary
#4070C1
accent
#59D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F