#E9BE79#E9BE79

#E9BE79 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.100 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE79
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, 6.86, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 41.08, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% 0.0199 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.1 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4711, 55.5340, 25.8828)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE79 #79A4E9

analogous

#E98679 #E9BE79 #DCE979

triadic

#E9BE79 #79E9BE #BE79E9

tetradic

#E9BE79 #79E986 #79A4E9 #E979DC

square

#E9BE79 #79E986 #79A4E9 #E979DC

split-complementary

#E9BE79 #79DCE9 #8679E9

monochromatic

#C78721 #E0A444 #E9BE79 #F2D8AE #FAF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E9BE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E9BE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE79

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE79	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.100 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d1a1',
    500: '#e9be79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be79;
$custom-light: #f2d1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.964,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82454,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE79

secondary

#4575C1

accent

#5CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE79

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

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