#E69A56#E69A56
#E69A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69A56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 154, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 62.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.90, 21.93, 46.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.90, 51.52, 64.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.87% 0.0604 0.1084) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.87% 0.124 60.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8716, 40.6101, 14.2249) |
| Luminance | 0.4061 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.13
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.32
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.00
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.62
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.90
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69A56 #56A2E6
analogous
#E6565A #E69A56 #E6E256
triadic
#E69A56 #56E69A #9A56E6
tetradic
#E69A56 #5AE656 #56A2E6 #E256E6
square
#E69A56 #5AE656 #56A2E6 #E256E6
split-complementary
#E69A56 #56E6E2 #565AE6
monochromatic
#A95D19 #DE7A21 #E69A56 #EEBA8B #F6DAC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E69A56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.12
#E69A56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69A56
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69A56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69A56 | 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)
#B1A050
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B257
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69a56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 154, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 60.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b888',
500: '#e69a56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69a56; $custom-light: #f2b888; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69a56",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 154,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.333,
"s": 74.227,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74865,
"c": 0.12407,
"h": 60.9
},
"luminance": 0.40606
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69A56
secondary
#B1CDE6
accent
#78D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C