#E99D42#E99D42

#E99D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99D42
RGB	rgb(233, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 20.45, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 60.63, 70.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0529 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.138 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6481, 41.8351, 10.7714)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99D42 #428EE9

analogous

#E94942 #E99D42 #E1E942

triadic

#E99D42 #42E99D #9D42E9

tetradic

#E99D42 #42E949 #428EE9 #E942E1

square

#E99D42 #42E949 #428EE9 #E942E1

split-complementary

#E99D42 #42E1E9 #4942E9

monochromatic

#9E5F12 #D57F19 #E99D42 #EFB979 #F6D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E99D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#E99D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99D42

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99D42	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ba7b',
    500: '#e99d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99d42;
$custom-light: #f5ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.695,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99D42

secondary

#A2C0E4

accent

#8BF632

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99D42

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

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