#E9C8A5#E9C8A5

#E9C8A5 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.060 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C8A5
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(31, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(31, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 29.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, 6.55, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 22.80, 73.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% 0.0219 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.06 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0509, 61.3510, 44.2161)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C8A5 #A5C6E9

analogous

#E9A6A5 #E9C8A5 #E8E9A5

triadic

#E9C8A5 #A5E9C8 #C8A5E9

tetradic

#E9C8A5 #A5E9A6 #A5C6E9 #E9A5E8

square

#E9C8A5 #A5E9A6 #A5C6E9 #E9A5E8

split-complementary

#E9C8A5 #A5E8E9 #A6A5E9

monochromatic

#D18C43 #DDAA74 #E9C8A5 #F5E6D6 #F9F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E9C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C8A5

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C8A5	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBD1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.060 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d8bf',
    500: '#e9c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c8a5;
$custom-light: #f1d8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8522,
    "c": 0.05974,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C8A5

secondary

#6E98C4

accent

#70C81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171412

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C8A5

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

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