#E9956B#E9956B

#E9956B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9956B
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 107)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 27.36, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 44.59, 52.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0794 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.116 47)
XYZ	xyz(47.0085, 39.8842, 19.1297)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9956B #6BBFE9

analogous

#E96B80 #E9956B #E9D46B

triadic

#E9956B #6BE995 #956BE9

tetradic

#E9956B #80E96B #6BBFE9 #D46BE9

square

#E9956B #80E96B #6BBFE9 #D46BE9

split-complementary

#E9956B #6BE9D4 #6B80E9

monochromatic

#BD521C #E16F36 #E9956B #F1BBA0 #F9E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E9956B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#E9956B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9956B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9956B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9956B	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9956b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b496',
    500: '#e9956b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9956b;
$custom-light: #f4b496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9956b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9956B

secondary

#C4DFEC

accent

#94D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9956B

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

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