#E69A57#E69A57
#E69A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.123 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69A57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 154, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 62.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.91, 22.00, 46.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.91, 51.11, 64.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.88% 0.0607 0.1075) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.88% 0.123 60.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9121, 40.6263, 14.4386) |
| Luminance | 0.4062 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.10
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.25
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.06
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.66
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.80
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69A57 #57A3E6
analogous
#E6575C #E69A57 #E6E257
triadic
#E69A57 #57E69A #9A57E6
tetradic
#E69A57 #5CE657 #57A3E6 #E257E6
square
#E69A57 #5CE657 #57A3E6 #E257E6
split-complementary
#E69A57 #57E6E2 #575CE6
monochromatic
#A95D19 #DE7A22 #E69A57 #EEBA8C #F6DAC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E69A57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.12
#E69A57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69A57
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69A57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69A57 | 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)
#B1A151
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B258
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69a57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 154, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.123 60.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b888',
500: '#e69a57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69a57; $custom-light: #f2b888; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69a57",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 154,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.112,
"s": 74.093,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74877,
"c": 0.12343,
"h": 60.5
},
"luminance": 0.40622
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69A57
secondary
#B2CEE7
accent
#79D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C