#E9996D#E9996D

#E9996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9996D
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(21, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 25.41, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 43.52, 54.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0738 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.113 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7587, 41.2143, 19.9049)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9996D #6DBDE9

analogous

#E96D7F #E9996D #E9D76D

triadic

#E9996D #6DE999 #996DE9

tetradic

#E9996D #7FE96D #6DBDE9 #D76DE9

square

#E9996D #7FE96D #6DBDE9 #D76DE9

split-complementary

#E9996D #6DE9D7 #6D7FE9

monochromatic

#BF561D #E17438 #E9996D #F1BEA2 #F9E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#E9996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9996D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9996D	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)

#AFA269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b797',
    500: '#e9996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9996d;
$custom-light: #f4b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9996D

secondary

#C5DFED

accent

#90D610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9996D

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

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