Dark Salmon `#E9967A`

Dark Salmon (#E9967A) is a light, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 39°, lightness 0.75 and chroma 0.108. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX	`#E9967A`
RGB	`rgb(233, 150, 122)`
HSL	`hsl(15, 72%, 70%)`
HSV	`hsv(15, 48%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 36%, 48%, 9%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(69.9 28.2 27.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.751 0.108 39)`

How Dark Salmon behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Salmon shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ec9171 — ΔE 1.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ee9677 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e9967a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #e9977c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.31:1 and against black 9.11:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Dark Salmon

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffeee8 · #ffb59c · #e9967a · #ae674f · #834631 · #5b2613

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f8cc97 · #f2b184 · #e9967a · #d3827e · #b9717f · #9e627d

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e9967a · #9b8f6a · #9f5e48 · #685300 · #5f2814 · #2b2000

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#e5cbc2 · #e9967a · #239bb9 · #8a6052 · #674337 · #412a22

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e7f4f9 · #e9967a · #9f8e89 · #515a5d · #2f201b · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd3 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #e9967a

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dcd6b0 · #e9967a · #b28b9f · #248784 · #2e3c48 · #05140d

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c6dab9 · #e9967a · #649cd3 · #507374 · #2f373e · #150d05

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e0f9ea · #e9967a · #61a380 · #4d5093 · #1d1b4f · #000401

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ebf7e0 · #e9967a · #819d64 · #006378 · #311345 · #000408

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EFA58C · #F5B49E · #FAC2B0 · #FFD1C2 · #FFE2D8

Shades

#C2785F · #9D5C46 · #79412E · #572717 · #370F03

Muted

#DE9C86 · #D2A191 · #C5A69C

Using Dark Salmon

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.