#E9835C#E9835C

#E9835C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9835C
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 92)
HSL	hsl(17, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 35.66, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 52.13, 46.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.1025 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.137 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6557, 34.3335, 14.4511)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9835C #5CC2E9

analogous

#E95C7B #E9835C #E9C95C

triadic

#E9835C #5CE983 #835CE9

tetradic

#E9835C #7BE95C #5CC2E9 #C95CE9

square

#E9835C #7BE95C #5CC2E9 #C95CE9

split-complementary

#E9835C #5CE9C9 #5C7BE9

monochromatic

#B34318 #E25A26 #E9835C #F0AC92 #F8D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#E9835C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#E9835C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9835C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9835C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9835C	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9835c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a88b',
    500: '#e9835c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9835c;
$custom-light: #f5a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9835c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71361,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9835C

secondary

#B8DCE9

accent

#A0D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9835C

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

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