#E99272#E99272

#E99272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99272
RGB	rgb(233, 146, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 29.55, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 42.62, 46.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0869 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.115 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9233, 39.1005, 20.9922)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99272 #72C9E9

analogous

#E9728E #E99272 #E9CD72

triadic

#E99272 #72E992 #9272E9

tetradic

#E99272 #8EE972 #72C9E9 #CD72E9

square

#E99272 #8EE972 #72C9E9 #CD72E9

split-complementary

#E99272 #72E9CD #728EE9

monochromatic

#C24A1E #E1693D #E99272 #F1BBA7 #FAE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#E99272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#E99272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99272

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99272	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 146, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b29b',
    500: '#e99272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99272;
$custom-light: #f4b29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.134,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74234,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99272

secondary

#C9E4EE

accent

#A0D510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99272

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

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