#E99A79#E99A79

#E99A79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99A79
RGB	rgb(233, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 25.96, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 39.24, 48.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0768 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.106 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6137, 41.8192, 23.5970)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99A79 #79C8E9

analogous

#E97990 #E99A79 #E9D279

triadic

#E99A79 #79E99A #9A79E9

tetradic

#E99A79 #90E979 #79C8E9 #D279E9

square

#E99A79 #90E979 #79C8E9 #D279E9

split-complementary

#E99A79 #79E9D2 #7990E9

monochromatic

#C75221 #E07244 #E99A79 #F2C2AE #FAE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E99A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#E99A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99A79

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99A79	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b8a0',
    500: '#e99a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99a79;
$custom-light: #f3b8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.679,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99A79

secondary

#CFE6EF

accent

#9BD412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99A79

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

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