#FFE9AD#FFE9AD

#FFE9AD is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.080 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE9AD
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 173)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(44, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 32.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -1.09, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 31.96, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(93.78% -0.0004 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(93.78% 0.08 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.9228, 82.5573, 51.3575)
Luminance	0.8256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE9AD #ADC3FF

analogous

#FFC0AD #FFE9AD #ECFFAD

triadic

#FFE9AD #ADFFE9 #E9ADFF

tetradic

#FFE9AD #ADFFC0 #ADC3FF #FFADEC

square

#FFE9AD #ADFFC0 #ADC3FF #FFADEC

split-complementary

#FFE9AD #ADECFF #C0ADFF

monochromatic

#FFC833 #FFD970 #FFE9AD #FFF7E0 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFE9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#FFE9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE9AD

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE9AD	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.080 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefc6',
    500: '#ffe9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe9ad;
$custom-light: #ffefc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93779,
    "c": 0.08001,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE9AD

secondary

#6B8CE5

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE9AD

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

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