#E9A596#E9A596

#E9A596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.084 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A596
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(11, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 23.22, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 29.27, 37.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% 0.0706 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.084 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5662, 46.4393, 35.0432)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A596 #96DAE9

analogous

#E996B1 #E9A596 #E9CE96

triadic

#E9A596 #96E9A5 #A596E9

tetradic

#E9A596 #B1E996 #96DAE9 #CE96E9

square

#E9A596 #B1E996 #96DAE9 #CE96E9

split-complementary

#E9A596 #96E9CE #96B1E9

monochromatic

#D44E31 #DE7A63 #E9A596 #F4D0C9 #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#E9A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A596

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A596	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.084 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c0b4',
    500: '#e9a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a596;
$custom-light: #f2c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.843,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78317,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A596

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#ADCD18

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF7F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A596

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

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