#E99C79#E99C79

#E99C79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.104 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99C79
RGB	rgb(233, 156, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 24.89, 30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 39.01, 50.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0736 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.104 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9465, 42.4849, 23.7079)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99C79 #79C6E9

analogous

#E9798E #E99C79 #E9D479

triadic

#E99C79 #79E99C #9C79E9

tetradic

#E99C79 #8EE979 #79C6E9 #D479E9

square

#E99C79 #8EE979 #79C6E9 #D479E9

split-complementary

#E99C79 #79E9D4 #798EE9

monochromatic

#C75521 #E07544 #E99C79 #F2C3AE #FAEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E99C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#E99C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99C79

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99C79	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.104 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b9a0',
    500: '#e99c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99c79;
$custom-light: #f3b9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76109,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99C79

secondary

#CFE5EF

accent

#97D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99C79

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

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