#E9C87F#E9C87F
#E9C87F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.099 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9C87F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 200, 127) |
| HSL | hsl(41, 71%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(41, 45%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 45.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.93, 2.21, 40.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.93, 40.78, 86.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.51% 0.0069 0.0988) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.51% 0.099 86) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0912, 60.1671, 28.6281) |
| Luminance | 0.6016 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.67
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 5.76
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.06
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.35
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.38
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9C87F #7FA0E9
analogous
#E9937F #E9C87F #D5E97F
triadic
#E9C87F #7FE9C8 #C87FE9
tetradic
#E9C87F #7FE993 #7FA0E9 #E97FD5
square
#E9C87F #7FE993 #7FA0E9 #E97FD5
split-complementary
#E9C87F #7FD5E9 #937FE9
monochromatic
#CB9623 #E0B24B #E9C87F #F2DEB3 #FBF4E5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E9C87F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.03
#E9C87F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9C87F
13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9C87F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9C87F | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.03 | 13.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C779
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CF81
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BCB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9c87f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 127); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.099 86.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d8a5',
500: '#e9c87f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9c87f; $custom-light: #f2d8a5; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9c87f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 200,
"b": 127
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.321,
"s": 70.667,
"l": 70.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8451,
"c": 0.09907,
"h": 86
},
"luminance": 0.60164
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9C87F
secondary
#4A70C2
accent
#4FD313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF6
border
#D6D4D0
text
#17140F
muted
#858380