#E99F42#E99F42

#E99F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.138 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99F42
RGB	rgb(233, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 19.38, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 60.74, 71.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0498 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.138 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9892, 42.5174, 10.8851)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99F42 #428CE9

analogous

#E94B42 #E99F42 #E0E942

triadic

#E99F42 #42E99F #9F42E9

tetradic

#E99F42 #42E94B #428CE9 #E942E0

square

#E99F42 #42E94B #428CE9 #E942E0

split-complementary

#E99F42 #42E0E9 #4B42E9

monochromatic

#9E6012 #D58219 #E99F42 #EFBB79 #F6D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E99F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#E99F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99F42

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99F42	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.138 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bb7b',
    500: '#e99f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99f42;
$custom-light: #f5bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.413,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99F42

secondary

#A2C0E4

accent

#89F632

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99F42

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

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