#E69961#E69961
#E69961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69961 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 153, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 57.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.80, 23.24, 40.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.80, 47.05, 60.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.83% 0.0659 0.0971) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.83% 0.117 55.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1850, 40.4725, 16.6865) |
| Luminance | 0.4047 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.42
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.06
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.19
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.13
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.42
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69961 #61AEE6
analogous
#E6616C #E69961 #E6DC61
triadic
#E69961 #61E699 #9961E6
tetradic
#E69961 #6CE661 #61AEE6 #DC61E6
square
#E69961 #6CE661 #61AEE6 #DC61E6
split-complementary
#E69961 #61E6DC #616CE6
monochromatic
#B15B1C #DE772C #E69961 #EEBB96 #F7DDCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E69961 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.09
#E69961 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69961
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69961 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69961 | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.09 | 9.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFA05C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B161
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9898C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69961; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 153, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 55.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b78f',
500: '#e69961',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69961; $custom-light: #f2b78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69961",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 153,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.263,
"s": 72.678,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74833,
"c": 0.11732,
"h": 55.9
},
"luminance": 0.40469
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69961
secondary
#BAD5E9
accent
#82D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D