#E69C56#E69C56
#E69C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 62.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.37, 20.86, 47.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.37, 51.57, 66.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.23% 0.0572 0.1096) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.23% 0.124 62.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2044, 41.2758, 14.3359) |
| Luminance | 0.4127 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.07
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.06
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.74
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.94
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.09
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C56 #56A0E6
analogous
#E65658 #E69C56 #E6E456
triadic
#E69C56 #56E69C #9C56E6
tetradic
#E69C56 #58E656 #56A0E6 #E456E6
square
#E69C56 #58E656 #56A0E6 #E456E6
split-complementary
#E69C56 #56E6E4 #5658E6
monochromatic
#A95F19 #DE7D21 #E69C56 #EEBB8B #F6DAC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E69C56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.25
#E69C56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C56
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C56 | 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)
#B3A24F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 62.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b988',
500: '#e69c56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c56; $custom-light: #f2b988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c56",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.167,
"s": 74.227,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75227,
"c": 0.1236,
"h": 62.4
},
"luminance": 0.41272
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C56
secondary
#B1CDE6
accent
#76D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C