#E99779#E99779

#E99779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99779
RGB	rgb(233, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 27.55, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 39.66, 46.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0816 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.108 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1247, 40.8413, 23.4340)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99779 #79CBE9

analogous

#E97993 #E99779 #E9CF79

triadic

#E99779 #79E997 #9779E9

tetradic

#E99779 #93E979 #79CBE9 #CF79E9

square

#E99779 #93E979 #79CBE9 #CF79E9

split-complementary

#E99779 #79E9CF #7993E9

monochromatic

#C74D21 #E06E44 #E99779 #F2C0AE #FAE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E99779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#E99779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99779

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99779	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b6a0',
    500: '#e99779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99779;
$custom-light: #f3b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99779

secondary

#CFE6EF

accent

#A0D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99779

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

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