#E69A51#E69A51
#E69A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69A51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 154, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 64.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.85, 21.61, 49.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.85, 53.58, 66.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.8% 0.0587 0.1129) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.8% 0.127 62.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6771, 40.5323, 13.2009) |
| Luminance | 0.4053 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.48
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.84
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.86
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.58
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.13
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69A51 #519DE6
analogous
#E65152 #E69A51 #E6E451
triadic
#E69A51 #51E69A #9A51E6
tetradic
#E69A51 #52E651 #519DE6 #E451E6
square
#E69A51 #52E651 #519DE6 #E451E6
split-complementary
#E69A51 #51E6E4 #5152E6
monochromatic
#A55D18 #DA7B1F #E69A51 #EEB987 #F5D8BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E69A51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.11
#E69A51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69A51
9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69A51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69A51 | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.11 | 9.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A04A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B252
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA898A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69a51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 154, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 62.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b884',
500: '#e69a51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69a51; $custom-light: #f2b884; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69a51",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 154,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.396,
"s": 74.874,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74804,
"c": 0.12725,
"h": 62.5
},
"luminance": 0.40528
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69A51
secondary
#ADCAE5
accent
#75D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C