#E5996A#E5996A

#E5996A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5996A
RGB	rgb(229, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 23.55, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 43.17, 56.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0681 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.111 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3086, 40.4849, 19.0083)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5996A #6AB6E5

analogous

#E56A78 #E5996A #E5D76A

triadic

#E5996A #6AE599 #996AE5

tetradic

#E5996A #78E56A #6AB6E5 #D76AE5

square

#E5996A #78E56A #6AB6E5 #D76AE5

split-complementary

#E5996A #6AE5D7 #6A78E5

monochromatic

#B55920 #DC7536 #E5996A #EEBD9E #F7E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E5996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E5996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5996A

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5996A	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b795',
    500: '#e5996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5996a;
$custom-light: #f1b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.927,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74855,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5996A

secondary

#C1DAEA

accent

#89D213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5996A

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

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