#E99D79#E99D79

#E99D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.104 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99D79
RGB	rgb(233, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 24.36, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 38.90, 51.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.072 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.104 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1150, 42.8219, 23.7641)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99D79 #79C5E9

analogous

#E9798D #E99D79 #E9D579

triadic

#E99D79 #79E99D #9D79E9

tetradic

#E99D79 #8DE979 #79C5E9 #D579E9

square

#E99D79 #8DE979 #79C5E9 #D579E9

split-complementary

#E99D79 #79E9D5 #798DE9

monochromatic

#C75621 #E07744 #E99D79 #F2C3AE #FAEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E99D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#E99D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99D79

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99D79	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.104 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3baa0',
    500: '#e99d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99d79;
$custom-light: #f3baa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99D79

secondary

#CFE5EF

accent

#95D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99D79

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

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