#E69A50#E69A50
#E69A50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69A50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 154, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 65.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.84, 21.55, 49.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.84, 53.99, 66.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.79% 0.0584 0.1138) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.79% 0.128 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6399, 40.5174, 13.0048) |
| Luminance | 0.4051 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.58
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.86
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.59
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.01
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69A50 #509CE6
analogous
#E65051 #E69A50 #E6E550
triadic
#E69A50 #50E69A #9A50E6
tetradic
#E69A50 #51E650 #509CE6 #E550E6
square
#E69A50 #51E650 #509CE6 #E550E6
split-complementary
#E69A50 #50E6E5 #5051E6
monochromatic
#A45D17 #DA7B1F #E69A50 #EEB986 #F5D8BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E69A50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.10
#E69A50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69A50
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69A50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69A50 | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.10 | 9.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A049
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B251
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8989
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69a50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 154, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b884',
500: '#e69a50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69a50; $custom-light: #f3b884; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69a50",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 154,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.6,
"s": 75,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74793,
"c": 0.12789,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.40513
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69A50
secondary
#ACC9E5
accent
#74D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C