#E9974E#E9974E

#E9974E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9974E
RGB	rgb(233, 151, 78)
HSL	hsl(28, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 24.27, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 55.72, 64.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0659 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.132 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0494, 40.0112, 12.5040)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9974E #4EA0E9

analogous

#E94E52 #E9974E #E9E44E

triadic

#E9974E #4EE997 #974EE9

tetradic

#E9974E #52E94E #4EA0E9 #E44EE9

square

#E9974E #52E94E #4EA0E9 #E44EE9

split-complementary

#E9974E #4EE9E4 #4E52E9

monochromatic

#A85A15 #DE771C #E9974E #F0B784 #F7D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E9974E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#E9974E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9974E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9974E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9974E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9974e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 151, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b682',
    500: '#e9974e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9974e;
$custom-light: #f5b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9974e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.258,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9974E

secondary

#ACCBE7

accent

#79DA0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9974E

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

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