#E9996E#E9996E

#E9996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9996E
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(21, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 25.49, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 43.15, 53.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0741 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.112 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8128, 41.2359, 20.1900)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9996E #6EBEE9

analogous

#E96E80 #E9996E #E9D76E

triadic

#E9996E #6EE999 #996EE9

tetradic

#E9996E #80E96E #6EBEE9 #D76EE9

square

#E9996E #80E96E #6EBEE9 #D76EE9

split-complementary

#E9996E #6EE9D7 #6E80E9

monochromatic

#C0561D #E17439 #E9996E #F1BEA3 #F9E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#E9996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9996E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9996E	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b798',
    500: '#e9996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9996e;
$custom-light: #f3b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9996E

secondary

#C6DFED

accent

#91D610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9996E

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