#E9835E#E9835E

#E9835E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.136 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9835E
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 35.80, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 51.48, 45.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.1033 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.136 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7443, 34.3690, 14.9177)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9835E #5EC4E9

analogous

#E95E7F #E9835E #E9C85E

triadic

#E9835E #5EE983 #835EE9

tetradic

#E9835E #7FE95E #5EC4E9 #C85EE9

square

#E9835E #7FE95E #5EC4E9 #C85EE9

split-complementary

#E9835E #5EE9C8 #5E7FE9

monochromatic

#B44219 #E25A28 #E9835E #F0AC94 #F8D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#E9835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#E9835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9835E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9835E	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)

#9E915B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.136 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a88c',
    500: '#e9835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9835e;
$custom-light: #f5a88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71392,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9835E

secondary

#B9DDEA

accent

#A2D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9835E

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

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