#E5956A#E5956A

#E5956A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5956A
RGB	rgb(229, 149, 106)
HSL	hsl(21, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 25.69, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 43.42, 53.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0745 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.113 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6649, 39.1974, 18.7937)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5956A #6ABAE5

analogous

#E56A7C #E5956A #E5D36A

triadic

#E5956A #6AE595 #956AE5

tetradic

#E5956A #7CE56A #6ABAE5 #D36AE5

square

#E5956A #7CE56A #6ABAE5 #D36AE5

split-complementary

#E5956A #6AE5D3 #6A7CE5

monochromatic

#B55420 #DC7036 #E5956A #EEBA9E #F7DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#E5956A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#E5956A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5956A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5956A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5956A	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5956a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 149, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b495',
    500: '#e5956a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5956a;
$custom-light: #f1b495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5956a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5956A

secondary

#C1DCEA

accent

#8FD213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5956A

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

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