#E9835D#E9835D

#E9835D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.136 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9835D
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 93)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 35.73, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 51.81, 46.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.1029 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.136 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6997, 34.3511, 14.6829)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9835D #5DC3E9

analogous

#E95D7D #E9835D #E9C95D

triadic

#E9835D #5DE983 #835DE9

tetradic

#E9835D #7DE95D #5DC3E9 #C95DE9

square

#E9835D #7DE95D #5DC3E9 #C95DE9

split-complementary

#E9835D #5DE9C9 #5D7DE9

monochromatic

#B34218 #E25A27 #E9835D #F0AC93 #F8D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#E9835D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#E9835D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9835D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9835D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9835D	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)

#9E915A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9835d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.136 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a88b',
    500: '#e9835d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9835d;
$custom-light: #f5a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9835d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9835D

secondary

#B8DCE9

accent

#A1D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9835D

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

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