#E9C8BC#E9C8BC

#E9C8BC is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.041 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C8BC
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(16, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 19.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, 9.77, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 14.20, 46.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% 0.031 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.041 41)
XYZ	xyz(63.3357, 62.2650, 56.2492)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C8BC #BCDDE9

analogous

#E9BCC6 #E9C8BC #E9DFBC

triadic

#E9C8BC #BCE9C8 #C8BCE9

tetradic

#E9C8BC #C6E9BC #BCDDE9 #DFBCE9

square

#E9C8BC #C6E9BC #BCDDE9 #DFBCE9

split-complementary

#E9C8BC #BCE9DF #BCC6E9

monochromatic

#CB7C60 #DAA28E #E9C8BC #F7ECE8 #F7ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E9C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C8BC

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C8BC	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.041 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d8d0',
    500: '#e9c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c8bc;
$custom-light: #f0d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85762,
    "c": 0.04105,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.62263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C8BC

secondary

#85B4C5

accent

#96BE28

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFBFB

border

#D6D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#858383

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C8BC

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

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