#E68E45#E68E45
#E68E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E68E45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 142, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 70%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.98, 27.31, 51.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.98, 58.40, 62.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.54% 0.0739 0.1165) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.54% 0.138 57.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.3838, 36.6030, 10.4094) |
| Luminance | 0.3660 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.30
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 3.27
Dusty Orange
#F0833A
ΔE00 4.39
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.10
Peru
#CD853F
ΔE00 5.26
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E68E45 #459DE6
analogous
#E6454C #E68E45 #E6DE45
triadic
#E68E45 #45E68E #8E45E6
tetradic
#E68E45 #4CE645 #459DE6 #DE45E6
square
#E68E45 #4CE645 #459DE6 #DE45E6
split-complementary
#E68E45 #45E6DE #454CE6
monochromatic
#9C5215 #D26E1C #E68E45 #EDAF7B #F5D0B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.52
#E68E45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.32
#E68E45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E68E45
8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E68E45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E68E45 | 1.00 | 2.52 | 8.32 | 8.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8973D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAB45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB7B7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e68e45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 142, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 57.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3af7c',
500: '#e68e45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e68e45; $custom-light: #f3af7c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e68e45",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 142,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.205,
"s": 76.303,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72543,
"c": 0.13799,
"h": 57.6
},
"luminance": 0.36599
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E68E45
secondary
#A4C6E3
accent
#9DF335
background
#FFFAF7
surface
#FFF4EE
border
#D7CEC9
text
#18100A
muted
#867F7C