#E69C50#E69C50
#E69C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 65.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.30, 20.49, 50.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.30, 54.06, 67.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.16% 0.0552 0.1149) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.16% 0.127 64.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9727, 41.1831, 13.1158) |
| Luminance | 0.4118 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.74
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.77
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.78
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.43
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.20
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C50 #509AE6
analogous
#E65150 #E69C50 #E5E650
triadic
#E69C50 #50E69C #9C50E6
tetradic
#E69C50 #50E651 #509AE6 #E650E5
square
#E69C50 #50E651 #509AE6 #E650E5
split-complementary
#E69C50 #50E5E6 #5150E6
monochromatic
#A45F17 #DA7E1F #E69C50 #EEBA86 #F5D9BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E69C50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.24
#E69C50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C50
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C50 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.24 | 9.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A248
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B351
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 64.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b984',
500: '#e69c50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c50; $custom-light: #f2b984; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c50",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.4,
"s": 75,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75156,
"c": 0.12749,
"h": 64.3
},
"luminance": 0.41179
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C50
secondary
#ACC9E5
accent
#71D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C