#E9985C#E9985C

#E9985C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9985C
RGBrgb(233, 152, 92)
HSLhsl(26, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(26, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34.8%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.86, 24.63, 43.64)
CIE-LCHlch(69.86, 50.11, 60.56°)
OKLaboklab(74.94% 0.0691 0.1025)
OKLCHoklch(74.94% 0.124 56)
XYZxyz(46.7675, 40.5570, 15.4884)
Luminance0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9985C #5CADE9
analogous
#E95C66 #E9985C #E9DE5C
triadic
#E9985C #5CE998 #985CE9
tetradic
#E9985C #66E95C #5CADE9 #DE5CE9
square
#E9985C #66E95C #5CADE9 #DE5CE9
split-complementary
#E9985C #5CE9DE #5C66E9
monochromatic
#B35A18 #E27626 #E9985C #F0BA92 #F8DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#E9985C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11
#E9985C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9985C
9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9985C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9985C1.002.319.119.11
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A057
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD878A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 56.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b68b',
    500: '#e9985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9985c;
$custom-light: #f4b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.532,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.40553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9985C
secondary
#B8D4E9
accent
#82D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D

Preview Lab

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#E9985C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva