#E9996C#E9996C

#E9996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9996C
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(22, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 25.33, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 43.89, 54.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0734 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.114 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7052, 41.1929, 19.6230)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9996C #6CBCE9

analogous

#E96C7E #E9996C #E9D86C

triadic

#E9996C #6CE999 #996CE9

tetradic

#E9996C #7EE96C #6CBCE9 #D86CE9

square

#E9996C #7EE96C #6CBCE9 #D86CE9

split-complementary

#E9996C #6CE9D8 #6C7EE9

monochromatic

#BE571C #E17437 #E9996C #F1BEA1 #F9E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#E9996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9996C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9996C	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b797',
    500: '#e9996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9996c;
$custom-light: #f4b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9996C

secondary

#C4DEEC

accent

#8FD60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9996C

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

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