#E8996E#E8996E

#E8996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8996E
RGB	rgb(232, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(21, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 25.10, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 42.78, 54.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.073 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.111 49)
XYZ	xyz(47.4872, 41.0680, 20.1747)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8996E #6EBDE8

analogous

#E86E80 #E8996E #E8D66E

triadic

#E8996E #6EE899 #996EE8

tetradic

#E8996E #80E86E #6EBDE8 #D66EE8

square

#E8996E #80E86E #6EBDE8 #D66EE8

split-complementary

#E8996E #6EE8D6 #6E80E8

monochromatic

#BE561E #E07439 #E8996E #F0BEA3 #F9E3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E8996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#E8996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8996E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8996E	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b798',
    500: '#e8996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8996e;
$custom-light: #f3b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.148,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.41064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8996E

secondary

#C6DFEC

accent

#90D511

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8996E

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

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