#E69C55#E69C55
#E69C55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 63%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.36, 20.80, 47.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.36, 51.99, 66.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.22% 0.0569 0.1105) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.22% 0.124 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1644, 41.2598, 14.1252) |
| Luminance | 0.4126 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.16
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.16
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.72
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.98
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.02
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C55 #559FE6
analogous
#E65557 #E69C55 #E6E455
triadic
#E69C55 #55E69C #9C55E6
tetradic
#E69C55 #57E655 #559FE6 #E455E6
square
#E69C55 #57E655 #559FE6 #E455E6
split-complementary
#E69C55 #55E6E4 #5557E6
monochromatic
#A85F19 #DD7D21 #E69C55 #EEBB8A #F6DAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E69C55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.25
#E69C55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C55
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C55 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.25 | 9.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A24E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B356
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b987',
500: '#e69c55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c55; $custom-light: #f2b987; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c55",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.379,
"s": 74.359,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75215,
"c": 0.12425,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.41256
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C55
secondary
#B1CCE6
accent
#75D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C