#E99959#E99959

#E99959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99959
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 23.89, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 51.30, 62.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0664 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.125 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8019, 40.8315, 14.8657)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99959 #59A9E9

analogous

#E95961 #E99959 #E9E159

triadic

#E99959 #59E999 #9959E9

tetradic

#E99959 #61E959 #59A9E9 #E159E9

square

#E99959 #61E959 #59A9E9 #E159E9

split-complementary

#E99959 #59E9E1 #5961E9

monochromatic

#B05B17 #E27823 #E99959 #F0BA8F #F7DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E99959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#E99959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99959

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99959	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)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b78a',
    500: '#e99959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99959;
$custom-light: #f4b78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99959

secondary

#B5D2E9

accent

#7ED90D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99959

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

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