#E9986C#E9986C

#E9986C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9986C
RGB	rgb(233, 152, 108)
HSL	hsl(21, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 25.86, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 43.96, 53.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.075 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.114 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5422, 40.8669, 19.5687)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9986C #6CBDE9

analogous

#E96C7F #E9986C #E9D76C

triadic

#E9986C #6CE998 #986CE9

tetradic

#E9986C #7FE96C #6CBDE9 #D76CE9

square

#E9986C #7FE96C #6CBDE9 #D76CE9

split-complementary

#E9986C #6CE9D7 #6C7FE9

monochromatic

#BE551C #E17337 #E9986C #F1BDA1 #F9E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E9986C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#E9986C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9986C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9986C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9986C	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)

#AEA168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9986c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 152, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b697',
    500: '#e9986c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9986c;
$custom-light: #f4b697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9986c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.12,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75174,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9986C

secondary

#C4DEEC

accent

#90D60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9986C

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

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