#E9856A#E9856A

#E9856A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9856A
RGB	rgb(233, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(13, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(13, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 35.68, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 47.42, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.1046 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.129 36)
XYZ	xyz(44.5965, 35.1438, 18.0677)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9856A #6ACEE9

analogous

#E96A8F #E9856A #E9C56A

triadic

#E9856A #6AE985 #856AE9

tetradic

#E9856A #8FE96A #6ACEE9 #C56AE9

square

#E9856A #8FE96A #6ACEE9 #C56AE9

split-complementary

#E9856A #6AE9C5 #6A8FE9

monochromatic

#BD3E1C #E15935 #E9856A #F1B19F #F9DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#E9856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#E9856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9856A

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9856A	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD747E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aa95',
    500: '#e9856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9856a;
$custom-light: #f4aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.756,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71915,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.35139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9856A

secondary

#C3E3EC

accent

#ACD60F

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9856A

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

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