Dark Salmon is the CSS named color #E9967A — rgb(233, 150, 122), hsl(15, 72%, 70%). Its relative luminance is 0.405, giving 2.31:1 against white and 9.11:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #E9967A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 150, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(15, 72%, 70%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.4054 |
| Contrast on white | 2.31:1 AA fail |
| Contrast on black | 9.11:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing darksalmon toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
darksalmon is #E9967A, which is rgb(233, 150, 122) and hsl(15, 72%, 70%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Dark Salmon has a relative luminance of 0.405 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a dark color. Against white it scores 2.31:1; against black, 9.11:1.
darksalmon reaches 9.11:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.