#FFE9B4#FFE9B4

#FFE9B4 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.072 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE9B4
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 180)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(42, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 29.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -0.23, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 28.53, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% 0.0024 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.072 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.6180, 82.8354, 55.0186)
Luminance	0.8283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE9B4 #B4CAFF

analogous

#FFC3B4 #FFE9B4 #EFFFB4

triadic

#FFE9B4 #B4FFE9 #E9B4FF

tetradic

#FFE9B4 #B4FFC3 #B4CAFF #FFB4EF

square

#FFE9B4 #B4FFC3 #B4CAFF #FFB4EF

split-complementary

#FFE9B4 #B4EFFF #C3B4FF

monochromatic

#FFC53A #FFD777 #FFE9B4 #FFF6E0 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFE9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FFE9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE9B4

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE9B4	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.072 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefca',
    500: '#ffe9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe9b4;
$custom-light: #ffefca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93916,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE9B4

secondary

#7193E6

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE9B4

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

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