#E99259#E99259

#E99259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.128 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99259
RGB	rgb(233, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 27.60, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 51.53, 57.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0776 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.128 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6896, 38.6070, 14.4949)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99259 #59B0E9

analogous

#E95968 #E99259 #E9DA59

triadic

#E99259 #59E992 #9259E9

tetradic

#E99259 #68E959 #59B0E9 #DA59E9

square

#E99259 #68E959 #59B0E9 #DA59E9

split-complementary

#E99259 #59E9DA #5968E9

monochromatic

#B05417 #E26F23 #E99259 #F0B58F #F7D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#E99259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#E99259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99259

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99259	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.128 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b289',
    500: '#e99259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99259;
$custom-light: #f5b289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99259

secondary

#B5D4E9

accent

#88D90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99259

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

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