#E39E61#E39E61
#E39E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E39E61 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 158, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 70%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 57.3%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.63, 19.35, 41.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.63, 46.09, 65.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.4% 0.0544 0.0992) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.4% 0.113 61.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0658, 41.6513, 16.9203) |
| Luminance | 0.4165 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.24
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.69
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.59
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.86
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.78
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E39E61 #61A6E3
analogous
#E36165 #E39E61 #E3DF61
triadic
#E39E61 #61E39E #9E61E3
tetradic
#E39E61 #65E361 #61A6E3 #DF61E3
square
#E39E61 #65E361 #61A6E3 #DF61E3
split-complementary
#E39E61 #61E3DF #6165E3
monochromatic
#AB601E #DA7E2D #E39E61 #ECBE95 #F5DEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E39E61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.33
#E39E61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E39E61
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E39E61 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E39E61 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.33 | 9.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A35C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B362
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F58F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e39e61; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 158, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 61.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efba8f',
500: '#e39e61',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e39e61; $custom-light: #efba8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e39e61",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 158,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.154,
"s": 69.892,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75398,
"c": 0.11316,
"h": 61.3
},
"luminance": 0.41648
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E39E61
secondary
#B9D1E7
accent
#79D214
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D