Inspect DarkSalmon (#E9967A) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
DarkSalmon
#E9967A
Black text reads best on this background, at 9.11:1.
DarkSalmon is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #E9967A in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(233, 150, 122) and hsl(15, 72%, 70%). Perceptually it is a light, moderately saturated color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 75% and its chroma at 0.108. It sits in the oranges at 39 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a warm color.
White text only reaches 2.31:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 9.11:1. That combination of lightness and chroma makes it a workable mid-tone, the kind of value that lands in the middle of a shade scale.
The closest CSS named colors to DarkSalmon, measured with CIEDE2000, are LightSalmon (#FFA07A), Salmon (#FA8072), Coral (#FF7F50). If DarkSalmon is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#E9967A
RGB
rgb(233, 150, 122)
HSL
hsl(15, 72%, 70%)
HWB
hwb(15 48% 9%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 36%, 48%, 9%)
LAB
lab(70.3 29.89 28.41)
LCH
lch(70.3 41.23 43.54)
OKLCH
oklch(75.07% 0.1082 39.39)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #E9967A white text measures 2.31:1 and black text 9.11:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on DarkSalmon
WCAG 2.2
2.31:1
APCA
Lc 50
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on DarkSalmon
WCAG 2.2
9.11:1
APCA
Lc 58
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check DarkSalmon against any other color in the contrast checker.
DarkSalmon sits at 75% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #FFF6F3 and down to #110200, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#F9A488
20% lighter
#FFB8A0
40% lighter
#FFCDBD
60% lighter
#FFE2D8
80% lighter
#FFF6F3
100% lighter
#BF6F55
20% darker
#954A30
40% darker
#6D260A
60% darker
#3E0F00
80% darker
#110200
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #E9967A in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #E9967A in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
DarkSalmon sits at 39 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 219 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of DarkSalmon at 9 and 69 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
39, 159 and 279 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 219 degrees, this pair flanks it at 189 and 249. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around DarkSalmon on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under achromatopsia, where #E9967A reads as #A6A6A6, 22.6 CIEDE2000 units away. If DarkSalmon is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#A89D78
Deuteranopia
#BBAC7A
Tritanopia
#FF8B8E
Achromatopsia
#A6A6A6
The nearest CSS keywords to #E9967A, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.