#E9946F#E9946F

#E9946F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9946F
RGB	rgb(233, 148, 111)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 28.23, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 43.31, 49.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0825 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.115 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0663, 39.6553, 20.2113)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9946F #6FC4E9

analogous

#E96F87 #E9946F #E9D16F

triadic

#E9946F #6FE994 #946FE9

tetradic

#E9946F #87E96F #6FC4E9 #D16FE9

square

#E9946F #87E96F #6FC4E9 #D16FE9

split-complementary

#E9946F #6FE9D1 #6F87E9

monochromatic

#C04F1D #E16D3A #E9946F #F1BBA4 #F9E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E9946F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#E9946F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9946F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9946F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9946F	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9946f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 148, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b499',
    500: '#e9946f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9946f;
$custom-light: #f4b499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9946f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.197,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9946F

secondary

#C7E1ED

accent

#9AD610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9946F

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

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