#E9835F#E9835F

#E9835F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.135 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9835F
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 95)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 35.88, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 51.16, 45.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.1036 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.135 40)
XYZ	xyz(43.7895, 34.3870, 15.1555)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9835F #5FC5E9

analogous

#E95F80 #E9835F #E9C85F

triadic

#E9835F #5FE983 #835FE9

tetradic

#E9835F #80E95F #5FC5E9 #C85FE9

square

#E9835F #80E95F #5FC5E9 #C85FE9

split-complementary

#E9835F #5FE9C8 #5F80E9

monochromatic

#B54219 #E25929 #E9835F #F0AD95 #F8D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#E9835F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#E9835F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9835F

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9835F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9835F	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E915C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9835f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.135 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a88d',
    500: '#e9835f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9835f;
$custom-light: #f5a88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9835f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71407,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.34382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9835F

secondary

#BADDEA

accent

#A3D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9835F

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

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