#E9956A#E9956A

#E9956A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9956A
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 106)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 27.28, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 44.95, 52.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.079 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.117 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9562, 39.8633, 18.8542)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9956A #6ABEE9

analogous

#E96A7F #E9956A #E9D56A

triadic

#E9956A #6AE995 #956AE9

tetradic

#E9956A #7FE96A #6ABEE9 #D56AE9

square

#E9956A #7FE96A #6ABEE9 #D56AE9

split-complementary

#E9956A #6AE9D5 #6A7FE9

monochromatic

#BD521C #E16F35 #E9956A #F1BB9F #F9E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E9956A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#E9956A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9956A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9956A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9956A	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9956a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b495',
    500: '#e9956a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9956a;
$custom-light: #f4b495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9956a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.315,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9956A

secondary

#C3DEEC

accent

#93D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9956A

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

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