#E9955E#E9955E

#E9955E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9955E
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 26.36, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 49.44, 57.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0746 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.124 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3753, 39.6309, 15.7946)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9955E #5EB2E9

analogous

#E95E6D #E9955E #E9DB5E

triadic

#E9955E #5EE995 #955EE9

tetradic

#E9955E #6DE95E #5EB2E9 #DB5EE9

square

#E9955E #6DE95E #5EB2E9 #DB5EE9

split-complementary

#E9955E #5EE9DB #5E6DE9

monochromatic

#B45619 #E27228 #E9955E #F0B894 #F8DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E9955E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#E9955E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9955E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9955E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9955E	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)

#AD9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9955e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b48d',
    500: '#e9955e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9955e;
$custom-light: #f4b48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9955e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.741,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9955E

secondary

#B9D6EA

accent

#88D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9955E

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

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