Light salmon

#e9a47d

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light salmon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light salmon is a light orange with relaxed warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e9a47d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9a47d

RGB233, 164, 125

HSL22, 71%, 70%

HSV22, 46%, 91%

CMYK0%, 30%, 46%, 9%

Lab73.13, 21.03, 30.4

XYZ50.58, 45.36, 25.49

Decimal15311997

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e49061 #e07d45 #db6929 #c25b21 #a64e1c #8a4117 #6e3413 #52270e #361909 #1a0c04

Tints of light salmon

#ebac88 #edb494 #efbc9f #f1c4ab #f3ccb6 #f5d4c2 #f7dccd #f9e4d9 #faece4 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#7dc2e9 Analogous#e97d8c Analogous#e9da7d Triadic#7de9a4 Triadic#a47de9 Split complementary#7de9da Split complementary#7d8ce9

Light salmon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 46, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9a47d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 46 9

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 46 15

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light salmon in css

Copy #e9a47d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9a47d; }
.text { color: #e9a47d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9a47d; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e9a47d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9a47d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e9a47d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e9a47d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e9a47d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.