#E69C51#E69C51
#E69C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 64.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.31, 20.55, 49.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.31, 53.65, 67.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.17% 0.0555 0.1141) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.17% 0.127 64) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0100, 41.1980, 13.3118) |
| Luminance | 0.4119 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.61
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.64
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.74
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.54
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.17
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C51 #519BE6
analogous
#E65151 #E69C51 #E6E651
triadic
#E69C51 #51E69C #9C51E6
tetradic
#E69C51 #51E651 #519BE6 #E651E6
square
#E69C51 #51E651 #519BE6 #E651E6
split-complementary
#E69C51 #51E6E6 #5151E6
monochromatic
#A55F18 #DA7E1F #E69C51 #EEBA87 #F5D9BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E69C51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.24
#E69C51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C51
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C51 | 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)
#B3A249
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B352
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 64.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b984',
500: '#e69c51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c51; $custom-light: #f2b984; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c51",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.201,
"s": 74.874,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75167,
"c": 0.12685,
"h": 64
},
"luminance": 0.41194
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C51
secondary
#ADC9E5
accent
#72D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C