#E4A299#E4A299

#E4A299 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.080 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A299
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(7, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 23.29, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 27.41, 31.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.071 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.08 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6665, 44.6377, 36.0781)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A299 #99DBE4

analogous

#E499B6 #E4A299 #E4C899

triadic

#E4A299 #99E4A2 #A299E4

tetradic

#E4A299 #B6E499 #99DBE4 #C899E4

square

#E4A299 #B6E499 #99DBE4 #C899E4

split-complementary

#E4A299 #99E4C8 #99B6E4

monochromatic

#CA4A38 #D77669 #E4A299 #F1CEC9 #F9E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E4A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#E4A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A299

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A299	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.080 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebeb7',
    500: '#e4a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a299;
$custom-light: #eebeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77308,
    "c": 0.08018,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A299

secondary

#DBEDF0

accent

#B2C620

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A299

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

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