#E4996E#E4996E

#E4996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4996E
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 51.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 23.50, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 41.29, 55.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0685 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.107 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2033, 40.4060, 20.1145)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4996E #6EB9E4

analogous

#E46E7E #E4996E #E4D46E

triadic

#E4996E #6EE499 #996EE4

tetradic

#E4996E #7EE46E #6EB9E4 #D46EE4

square

#E4996E #7EE46E #6EB9E4 #D46EE4

split-complementary

#E4996E #6EE4D4 #6E7EE4

monochromatic

#B65822 #DA753A #E4996E #EEBDA2 #F7E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E4996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#E4996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4996E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4996E	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)

#AEA16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b798',
    500: '#e4996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4996e;
$custom-light: #f0b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.864,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74806,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4996E

secondary

#C4DCEA

accent

#8CD115

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4996E

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

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