#E3A299#E3A299

#E3A299 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.079 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A299
RGB	rgb(227, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(7, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 32.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 22.91, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 27.00, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0698 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.079 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3501, 44.4745, 36.0633)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A299 #99DAE3

analogous

#E399B5 #E3A299 #E3C799

triadic

#E3A299 #99E3A2 #A299E3

tetradic

#E3A299 #B5E399 #99DAE3 #C799E3

square

#E3A299 #B5E399 #99DAE3 #C799E3

split-complementary

#E3A299 #99E3C7 #99B5E3

monochromatic

#C94A39 #D67669 #E3A299 #F0CEC9 #F8E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E3A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E3A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A299

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A299	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.079 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbeb7',
    500: '#e3a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a299;
$custom-light: #edbeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.297,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.772,
    "c": 0.07899,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A299

secondary

#DBEDF0

accent

#B1C421

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A299

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

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