Warm Beige#E9DCC9

#E9DCC9 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.029 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Warm Beige — editorial page

Color values

HEX#E9DCC9
RGBrgb(233, 220, 201)
HSLhsl(36, 42%, 85%)
HSVhsv(36, 14%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.6%, 13.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.32, 1.33, 10.93)
CIE-LCHlch(88.32, 11.01, 83.08°)
OKLaboklab(89.98% 0.0063 0.0285)
OKLCHoklch(89.98% 0.029 77.5)
XYZxyz(69.7393, 72.7281, 65.6111)
Luminance0.7273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9DCC9 #C9D6E9
analogous
#E9CCC9 #E9DCC9 #E6E9C9
triadic
#E9DCC9 #C9E9DC #DCC9E9
tetradic
#E9DCC9 #C9E9CC #C9D6E9 #E9C9E6
square
#E9DCC9 #C9E9CC #C9D6E9 #E9C9E6
split-complementary
#E9DCC9 #C9E6E9 #CCC9E9
monochromatic
#C6A472 #D7C09E #E9DCC9 #F6F1E9 #F6F1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#E9DCC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55
#E9DCC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DCC9
15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9DCC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9DCC91.001.3515.5515.55
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5521.001.001.00
##00000015.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2DCC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5DFC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFD8D7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Related colors

#CFC4B3
#B6AC9D
#9D9488
#857E73
#6D685F
#57534C
#413E3A
#2D2B28
#1A1918
#000000
#EBDFCE
#EEE3D4
#F0E6D9
#F2EADE
#F4EDE4
#F6F1E9
#F9F4EF
#FBF8F4
#FDFBFA
#FFFFFF
#E8DCCB
#E7DCCD
#E6DCCF
#E5DDD1

Palettes with this color

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9dcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.029 77.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e6d9',
    500: '#e9dcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9dcc9;
$custom-light: #f0e6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9dcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89983,
    "c": 0.02919,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9DCC9
secondary
#92A6C4
accent
#66B530
background
#FFFEFE
surface
#FEFCFB
border
#D6D5D4
text
#161614
muted
#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DCC9

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#E9DCC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva