#E4A596#E4A596

#E4A596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.078 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A596
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(12, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 21.31, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 27.25, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.065 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.078 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9566, 45.6094, 34.9678)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A596 #96D5E4

analogous

#E496AE #E4A596 #E4CC96

triadic

#E4A596 #96E4A5 #A596E4

tetradic

#E4A596 #AEE496 #96D5E4 #CC96E4

square

#E4A596 #AEE496 #96D5E4 #CC96E4

split-complementary

#E4A596 #96E4CC #96AEE4

monochromatic

#CB5235 #D77B65 #E4A596 #F1CFC7 #F9EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E4A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#E4A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A596

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A596	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.078 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec0b4',
    500: '#e4a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a596;
$custom-light: #eec0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77781,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A596

secondary

#DBECF0

accent

#A6C71F

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A596

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

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