#E69C57#E69C57
#E69C57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 62.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.38, 20.93, 46.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.38, 51.16, 65.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.24% 0.0575 0.1087) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.24% 0.123 62.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2450, 41.2920, 14.5496) |
| Luminance | 0.4129 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.99
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.96
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.77
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.90
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.10
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C57 #57A1E6
analogous
#E6575A #E69C57 #E6E357
triadic
#E69C57 #57E69C #9C57E6
tetradic
#E69C57 #5AE657 #57A1E6 #E357E6
square
#E69C57 #5AE657 #57A1E6 #E357E6
split-complementary
#E69C57 #57E6E3 #575AE6
monochromatic
#A95F19 #DE7D22 #E69C57 #EEBB8C #F6DBC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E69C57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.26
#E69C57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C57
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C57 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.26 | 9.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A250
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B358
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 62.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b988',
500: '#e69c57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c57; $custom-light: #f2b988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c57",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.951,
"s": 74.093,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7524,
"c": 0.12294,
"h": 62.1
},
"luminance": 0.41288
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C57
secondary
#B2CDE7
accent
#76D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C