#E9DCBE#E9DCBE

#E9DCBE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.042 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DCBE
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 190)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(42, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 18.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -0.35, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 16.36, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% 0.0019 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.042 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.4914, 72.2290, 59.0387)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DCBE #BECBE9

analogous

#E9C6BE #E9DCBE #E0E9BE

triadic

#E9DCBE #BEE9DC #DCBEE9

tetradic

#E9DCBE #BEE9C6 #BECBE9 #E9BEE0

square

#E9DCBE #BEE9C6 #BECBE9 #E9BEE0

split-complementary

#E9DCBE #BEE0E9 #C6BEE9

monochromatic

#CAAB63 #DAC390 #E9DCBE #F7F3E8 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9DCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E9DCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DCBE

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DCBE	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.042 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e6d1',
    500: '#e9dcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dcbe;
$custom-light: #f0e6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 49.425,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89716,
    "c": 0.04225,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DCBE

secondary

#8799C5

accent

#55BD29

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DCBE

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

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