#E9997C#E9997C

#E9997C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.105 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9997C
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 46.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 26.78, 27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 38.43, 45.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0796 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.105 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6362, 41.5653, 24.5262)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9997C #7CCCE9

analogous

#E97C96 #E9997C #E9CF7C

triadic

#E9997C #7CE999 #997CE9

tetradic

#E9997C #96E97C #7CCCE9 #CF7CE9

square

#E9997C #96E97C #7CCCE9 #CF7CE9

split-complementary

#E9997C #7CE9CF #7C96E9

monochromatic

#C94E22 #E07048 #E9997C #F2C2B0 #FBEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E9997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#E9997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9997C

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9997C	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA27A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.105 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b7a2',
    500: '#e9997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9997c;
$custom-light: #f3b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.963,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9997C

secondary

#D1E8F0

accent

#A0D312

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F3

border

#D7D0CD

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9997C

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

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