#E9C8BB#E9C8BB

#E9C8BB is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.042 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C8BB
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(17, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 19.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, 9.62, 10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 14.47, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% 0.0306 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.042 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2283, 62.2220, 55.6835)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C8BB #BBDCE9

analogous

#E9BBC5 #E9C8BB #E9DFBB

triadic

#E9C8BB #BBE9C8 #C8BBE9

tetradic

#E9C8BB #C5E9BB #BBDCE9 #DFBBE9

square

#E9C8BB #C5E9BB #BBDCE9 #DFBBE9

split-complementary

#E9C8BB #BBE9DF #BBC5E9

monochromatic

#CB7D5F #DAA38D #E9C8BB #F8ECE8 #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E9C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C8BB

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C8BB	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8D1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.042 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d8cf',
    500: '#e9c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c8bb;
$custom-light: #f0d8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85736,
    "c": 0.0416,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C8BB

secondary

#84B2C5

accent

#94BE27

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFBFB

border

#D6D4D4

text

#161413

muted

#858383

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C8BB

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

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