#E69C5C#E69C5C
#E69C5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 60%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.44, 21.28, 44.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.44, 49.09, 64.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.3% 0.0593 0.1039) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.3% 0.12 60.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4564, 41.3765, 15.6629) |
| Luminance | 0.4137 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.83
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.07
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.85
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.95
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C5C #5CA6E6
analogous
#E65C61 #E69C5C #E6E15C
triadic
#E69C5C #5CE69C #9C5CE6
tetradic
#E69C5C #61E65C #5CA6E6 #E15CE6
square
#E69C5C #61E65C #5CA6E6 #E15CE6
split-complementary
#E69C5C #5CE6E1 #5C61E6
monochromatic
#AD5E1B #DE7C27 #E69C5C #EEBC91 #F6DCC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E69C5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.27
#E69C5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C5C
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C5C | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.27 | 9.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A256
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 60.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b98c',
500: '#e69c5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c5c; $custom-light: #f2b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.826,
"s": 73.404,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75304,
"c": 0.11963,
"h": 60.3
},
"luminance": 0.41373
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C5C
secondary
#B6D1E8
accent
#7AD610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D