#E99E79#E99E79

#E99E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.103 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99E79
RGB	rgb(233, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 23.83, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 38.81, 52.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0704 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.103 47)
XYZ	xyz(49.2849, 43.1617, 23.8207)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99E79 #79C4E9

analogous

#E9798C #E99E79 #E9D679

triadic

#E99E79 #79E99E #9E79E9

tetradic

#E99E79 #8CE979 #79C4E9 #D679E9

square

#E99E79 #8CE979 #79C4E9 #D679E9

split-complementary

#E99E79 #79E9D6 #798CE9

monochromatic

#C75821 #E07844 #E99E79 #F2C4AE #FAEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E99E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#E99E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99E79

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99E79	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.103 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bba0',
    500: '#e99e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99e79;
$custom-light: #f3bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.821,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76465,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.43158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99E79

secondary

#CFE4EF

accent

#94D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99E79

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

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