#E9956D#E9956D

#E9956D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9956D
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 109)
HSL	hsl(19, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 27.53, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 43.88, 51.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0802 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.115 46)
XYZ	xyz(47.1150, 39.9268, 19.6903)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9956D #6DC1E9

analogous

#E96D83 #E9956D #E9D36D

triadic

#E9956D #6DE995 #956DE9

tetradic

#E9956D #83E96D #6DC1E9 #D36DE9

square

#E9956D #83E96D #6DC1E9 #D36DE9

split-complementary

#E9956D #6DE9D3 #6D83E9

monochromatic

#BF511D #E16E38 #E9956D #F1BCA2 #F9E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E9956D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#E9956D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9956D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9956D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9956D	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)

#AB9F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9956d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b497',
    500: '#e9956d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9956d;
$custom-light: #f4b497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9956d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.355,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74666,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9956D

secondary

#C5E0ED

accent

#96D610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9956D

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

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