#E99B79#E99B79

#E99B79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99B79
RGB	rgb(233, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 25.42, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 39.12, 49.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0752 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.105 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7794, 42.1507, 23.6522)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99B79 #79C7E9

analogous

#E9798F #E99B79 #E9D379

triadic

#E99B79 #79E99B #9B79E9

tetradic

#E99B79 #8FE979 #79C7E9 #D379E9

square

#E99B79 #8FE979 #79C7E9 #D379E9

split-complementary

#E99B79 #79E9D3 #798FE9

monochromatic

#C75321 #E07444 #E99B79 #F2C2AE #FAE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E99B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#E99B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99B79

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99B79	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b9a0',
    500: '#e99b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99b79;
$custom-light: #f3b9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.214,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99B79

secondary

#CFE5EF

accent

#99D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99B79

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

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