#E69A55#E69A55
#E69A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69A55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 154, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 63%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.89, 21.87, 47.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.89, 51.94, 65.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.85% 0.06 0.1093) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.85% 0.125 61.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8315, 40.5941, 14.0142) |
| Luminance | 0.4059 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.18
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.41
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.95
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.60
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.00
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69A55 #55A1E6
analogous
#E65559 #E69A55 #E6E355
triadic
#E69A55 #55E69A #9A55E6
tetradic
#E69A55 #59E655 #55A1E6 #E355E6
square
#E69A55 #59E655 #55A1E6 #E355E6
split-complementary
#E69A55 #55E6E3 #5559E6
monochromatic
#A85D19 #DD7A21 #E69A55 #EEBA8A #F6D9C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E69A55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.12
#E69A55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69A55
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69A55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69A55 | 1.00 | 2.30 | 9.12 | 9.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A04E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B256
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA898A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69a55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 154, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 61.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b887',
500: '#e69a55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69a55; $custom-light: #f2b887; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69a55",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 154,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.552,
"s": 74.359,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74852,
"c": 0.12471,
"h": 61.2
},
"luminance": 0.4059
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69A55
secondary
#B1CDE6
accent
#78D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C