#E9BC7D

Closest named color: Burlywood (#DEB887). oklch(82.1% 0.096 75.1), rgb(233, 188, 125).

Black text reads best on this color (11.95:1).

About this color

#E9BC7D is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 82%, its chroma 0.096 and its hue 75°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Burlywood (#DEB887), ΔE 0.024 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.95:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	light (82%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.096)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Burlywood (#DEB887)
Black text	11.95:1
White text	1.75:1

Values

HEX	#E9BC7D
RGB	rgb(233, 188, 125)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 70%)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.096 75.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #E9BC7D	1.75:1	Fails	Lc -36.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #E9BC7D	11.95:1	AAA	Lc 71.8	Content text, not long reading
#E9BC7D text on white	1.75:1	Fails	Lc 32.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#E9BC7D text on black	11.95:1	AAA	Lc -70.6	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#FBF4EC

oklch(97% 0.013 71.3)
Step 100
100

#F5E8D6

oklch(93.7% 0.028 76.2)
Step 200
200

#EED5B3

oklch(88.5% 0.053 75.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#E9BC7D

oklch(82.1% 0.096 75.1)
Step 400
400

#D69100

oklch(70.8% 0.149 75.1)
Step 500
500

#B77C00

oklch(63.1% 0.133 75.6)
Step 600
600

#9B6800

oklch(55.7% 0.117 75.3)
Step 700
700

#825700

oklch(49.1% 0.103 75.7)
Step 800
800

#6B4700

oklch(42.8% 0.09 75.9)
Step 900
900

#5A3A00

oklch(37.7% 0.08 74.4)
Step 950
950

#362200

oklch(27% 0.057 76.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#E9BC7D with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CDBD78	0.043
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D8C87F	0.038
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#F9B0AC	0.081
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C3C3C3	0.096