#E9956C#E9956C

#E9956C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9956C
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 108)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 27.45, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 44.23, 51.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0798 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.116 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0614, 39.9054, 19.4084)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9956C #6CC0E9

analogous

#E96C82 #E9956C #E9D46C

triadic

#E9956C #6CE995 #956CE9

tetradic

#E9956C #82E96C #6CC0E9 #D46CE9

square

#E9956C #82E96C #6CC0E9 #D46CE9

split-complementary

#E9956C #6CE9D4 #6C82E9

monochromatic

#BE511C #E16F37 #E9956C #F1BBA1 #F9E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E9956C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#E9956C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9956C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9956C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9956C	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)

#AB9F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9956c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b496',
    500: '#e9956c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9956c;
$custom-light: #f4b496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9956c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.68,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9956C

secondary

#C4DFEC

accent

#95D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9956C

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

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