#E9856B#E9856B

#E9856B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9856B
RGB	rgb(233, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 35.76, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 47.14, 40.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.105 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.129 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6488, 35.1647, 18.3431)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9856B #6BCFE9

analogous

#E96B90 #E9856B #E9C46B

triadic

#E9856B #6BE985 #856BE9

tetradic

#E9856B #90E96B #6BCFE9 #C46BE9

square

#E9856B #90E96B #6BCFE9 #C46BE9

split-complementary

#E9856B #6BE9C4 #6B90E9

monochromatic

#BD3D1C #E15936 #E9856B #F1B1A0 #F9DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#E9856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#E9856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9856B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9856B	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#9E9369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aa95',
    500: '#e9856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9856b;
$custom-light: #f4aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9856B

secondary

#C4E4EC

accent

#ADD60F

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9856B

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

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