#E9836A#E9836A

#E9836A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9836A
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 106)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 36.72, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 47.85, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.1078 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.131 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3252, 34.6013, 17.9773)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9836A #6AD0E9

analogous

#E96A91 #E9836A #E9C36A

triadic

#E9836A #6AE983 #836AE9

tetradic

#E9836A #91E96A #6AD0E9 #C36AE9

square

#E9836A #91E96A #6AD0E9 #C36AE9

split-complementary

#E9836A #6AE9C3 #6A91E9

monochromatic

#BD3C1C #E15735 #E9836A #F1AF9F #F9DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#E9836A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#E9836A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9836A

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9836A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9836A	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD727D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9836a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a895',
    500: '#e9836a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9836a;
$custom-light: #f4a895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9836a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.811,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71591,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9836A

secondary

#C3E4EC

accent

#AFD60F

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9836A

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

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