#E1A299#E1A299

#E1A299 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.077 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A299
RGB	rgb(225, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(8, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 32%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 22.15, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 26.18, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0676 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.077 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7228, 44.1511, 36.0338)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A299 #99D8E1

analogous

#E199B4 #E1A299 #E1C699

triadic

#E1A299 #99E1A2 #A299E1

tetradic

#E1A299 #B4E199 #99D8E1 #C699E1

square

#E1A299 #B4E199 #99D8E1 #C699E1

split-complementary

#E1A299 #99E1C6 #99B4E1

monochromatic

#C54C3A #D3776A #E1A299 #EFCDC8 #F8E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E1A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#E1A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A299

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A299	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.077 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbeb7',
    500: '#e1a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a299;
$custom-light: #ecbeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A299

secondary

#DCEDEF

accent

#AEC223

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A299

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

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