#E99B42#E99B42

#E99B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99B42
RGB	rgb(233, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 21.51, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 60.55, 69.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.056 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.138 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3125, 41.1639, 10.6596)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99B42 #4290E9

analogous

#E94742 #E99B42 #E3E942

triadic

#E99B42 #42E99B #9B42E9

tetradic

#E99B42 #42E947 #4290E9 #E942E3

square

#E99B42 #42E947 #4290E9 #E942E3

split-complementary

#E99B42 #42E3E9 #4742E9

monochromatic

#9E5D12 #D57D19 #E99B42 #EFB879 #F6D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E99B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#E99B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99B42

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99B42	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b87b',
    500: '#e99b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99b42;
$custom-light: #f5b87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.976,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7518,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99B42

secondary

#A2C1E4

accent

#8DF632

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99B42

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

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