#FFE9B5#FFE9B5

#FFE9B5 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.071 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE9B5
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 181)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(42, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 29%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.96, -0.10, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.96, 28.05, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(93.94% 0.0028 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(93.94% 0.071 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(78.7202, 82.8763, 55.5571)
Luminance	0.8287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE9B5 #B5CBFF

analogous

#FFC4B5 #FFE9B5 #F0FFB5

triadic

#FFE9B5 #B5FFE9 #E9B5FF

tetradic

#FFE9B5 #B5FFC4 #B5CBFF #FFB5F0

square

#FFE9B5 #B5FFC4 #B5CBFF #FFB5F0

split-complementary

#FFE9B5 #B5F0FF #C4B5FF

monochromatic

#FFC53B #FFD778 #FFE9B5 #FFF6E0 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFE9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FFE9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE9B5

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE9B5	1.00	1.19	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.19	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)

#F5E7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.071 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefcb',
    500: '#ffe9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe9b5;
$custom-light: #ffefcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93936,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE9B5

secondary

#7295E6

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#181613

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE9B5

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

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