#E9966D#E9966D

#E9966D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9966D
RGB	rgb(233, 150, 109)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 27.00, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 43.78, 51.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0786 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.115 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2738, 40.2446, 19.7433)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9966D #6DC0E9

analogous

#E96D82 #E9966D #E9D46D

triadic

#E9966D #6DE996 #966DE9

tetradic

#E9966D #82E96D #6DC0E9 #D46DE9

square

#E9966D #82E96D #6DC0E9 #D46DE9

split-complementary

#E9966D #6DE9D4 #6D82E9

monochromatic

#BF521D #E17038 #E9966D #F1BCA2 #F9E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E9966D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#E9966D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9966D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9966D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9966D	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9966d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 150, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b597',
    500: '#e9966d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9966d;
$custom-light: #f4b597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9966d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.839,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7484,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9966D

secondary

#C5E0ED

accent

#94D610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9966D

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

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