#E4996C#E4996C

#E4996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4996C
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 52.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 23.32, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 42.04, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0677 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.108 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0956, 40.3629, 19.5475)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4996C #6CB7E4

analogous

#E46C7B #E4996C #E4D56C

triadic

#E4996C #6CE499 #996CE4

tetradic

#E4996C #7BE46C #6CB7E4 #D56CE4

square

#E4996C #7BE46C #6CB7E4 #D56CE4

split-complementary

#E4996C #6CE4D5 #6C7BE4

monochromatic

#B45821 #DB7538 #E4996C #EDBDA0 #F7E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E4996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#E4996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4996C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4996C	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b797',
    500: '#e4996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4996c;
$custom-light: #f0b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4996C

secondary

#C2DBEA

accent

#8AD115

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4996C

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

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