#E99E42#E99E42

#E99E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99E42
RGB	rgb(233, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 19.91, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 60.69, 70.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0513 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.138 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8179, 42.1749, 10.8280)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99E42 #428DE9

analogous

#E94A42 #E99E42 #E0E942

triadic

#E99E42 #42E99E #9E42E9

tetradic

#E99E42 #42E94A #428DE9 #E942E0

square

#E99E42 #42E94A #428DE9 #E942E0

split-complementary

#E99E42 #42E0E9 #4A42E9

monochromatic

#9E5F12 #D58019 #E99E42 #EFBA79 #F6D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E99E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#E99E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99E42

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99E42	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)

#B7A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ba7b',
    500: '#e99e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99e42;
$custom-light: #f5ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.054,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99E42

secondary

#A2C0E4

accent

#8AF632

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99E42

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

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