#E9916E#E9916E

#E9916E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9916E
RGB	rgb(233, 145, 110)
HSL	hsl(17, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(17, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 29.73, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 44.05, 47.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.087 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.118 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5471, 38.7044, 19.7681)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9916E #6EC6E9

analogous

#E96E89 #E9916E #E9CE6E

triadic

#E9916E #6EE991 #916EE9

tetradic

#E9916E #89E96E #6EC6E9 #CE6EE9

square

#E9916E #89E96E #6EC6E9 #CE6EE9

split-complementary

#E9916E #6EE9CE #6E89E9

monochromatic

#C04B1D #E16939 #E9916E #F1B9A3 #F9E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#E9916E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#E9916E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9916E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9916E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9916E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9916e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 145, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b298',
    500: '#e9916e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9916e;
$custom-light: #f4b298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9916e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.073,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73992,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9916E

secondary

#C6E2ED

accent

#9DD610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9916E

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

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