#E4996D#E4996D

#E4996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4996D
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 23.41, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 41.66, 55.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0681 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.108 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1491, 40.3843, 19.8294)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4996D #6DB8E4

analogous

#E46D7C #E4996D #E4D46D

triadic

#E4996D #6DE499 #996DE4

tetradic

#E4996D #7CE46D #6DB8E4 #D46DE4

square

#E4996D #7CE46D #6DB8E4 #D46DE4

split-complementary

#E4996D #6DE4D4 #6D7CE4

monochromatic

#B55821 #DA7539 #E4996D #EEBDA1 #F7E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E4996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#E4996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4996D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4996D	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b797',
    500: '#e4996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4996d;
$custom-light: #f0b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.185,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4996D

secondary

#C3DBEA

accent

#8BD115

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4996D

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

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