#E69939#E69939
#E69939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69939 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 153, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 78%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 75%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 75.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.40, 20.91, 59.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.40, 63.01, 70.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.39% 0.0533 0.1308) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.39% 0.141 67.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.7663, 39.9050, 9.2149) |
| Luminance | 0.3990 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 3.60
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.08
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.31
Tangerine (survey)
#FF9408
ΔE00 5.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.27
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69939 #3986E6
analogous
#E64339 #E69939 #DCE639
triadic
#E69939 #39E699 #9939E6
tetradic
#E69939 #39E643 #3986E6 #E639DC
square
#E69939 #39E643 #3986E6 #E639DC
split-complementary
#E69939 #39DCE6 #4339E6
monochromatic
#925912 #C87B19 #E69939 #EDB56F #F4D1A6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#E69939 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.98
#E69939 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69939
8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69939 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69939 | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.98 | 8.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29F2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B13B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8785
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69939; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 153, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 67.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b775',
500: '#e69939',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69939; $custom-light: #f4b775; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69939",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 153,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.295,
"s": 77.578,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74391,
"c": 0.14124,
"h": 67.8
},
"luminance": 0.39901
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69939
secondary
#9AB9E1
accent
#89F434
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6ED
border
#D7D0C8
text
#181109
muted
#86807B