#E99949

A light, vivid orange closely aligning with Sandybrown.

About #E99949

At its core, #E99949 is a light and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Sandybrown. Its digital footprint relies on 233 parts red, 153 parts green, and 73 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 34% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 30.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E99949
RGB233, 153, 73
HSL30.0°, 78.4%, 60.0%
CMYK0%, 34%, 69%, 9%
HSV30.0°, 68.7%, 91.4%
LAB69.9, 22.9, 53.0
XYZ46.2, 40.6, 11.7
Decimal15309129

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.30:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.12:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.20:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.75:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E99949; }
.text-color { color: #E99949; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E99949; }

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