#E9966C#E9966C

#E9966C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9966C
RGB	rgb(233, 150, 108)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 26.92, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 44.13, 52.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0782 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.115 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2203, 40.2231, 19.4614)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9966C #6CBFE9

analogous

#E96C81 #E9966C #E9D56C

triadic

#E9966C #6CE996 #966CE9

tetradic

#E9966C #81E96C #6CBFE9 #D56CE9

square

#E9966C #81E96C #6CBFE9 #D56CE9

split-complementary

#E9966C #6CE9D5 #6C81E9

monochromatic

#BE531C #E17037 #E9966C #F1BCA1 #F9E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E9966C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#E9966C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9966C

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9966C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9966C	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9966c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 150, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b596',
    500: '#e9966c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9966c;
$custom-light: #f4b596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9966c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.16,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9966C

secondary

#C4DFEC

accent

#93D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9966C

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

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