#E99C42#E99C42

#E99C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.138 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99C42
RGB	rgb(233, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 20.98, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 60.59, 69.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0545 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.138 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4796, 41.4981, 10.7153)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99C42 #428FE9

analogous

#E94842 #E99C42 #E3E942

triadic

#E99C42 #42E99C #9C42E9

tetradic

#E99C42 #42E948 #428FE9 #E942E3

square

#E99C42 #42E948 #428FE9 #E942E3

split-complementary

#E99C42 #42E3E9 #4842E9

monochromatic

#9E5E12 #D57E19 #E99C42 #EFB979 #F6D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E99C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#E99C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99C42

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99C42	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.138 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b97b',
    500: '#e99c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99c42;
$custom-light: #f5b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.335,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99C42

secondary

#A2C1E4

accent

#8CF632

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99C42

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

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