#E69C5E#E69C5E
#E69C5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.46, 21.42, 43.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.46, 48.26, 63.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.33% 0.06 0.102) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.33% 0.118 59.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5449, 41.4120, 16.1294) |
| Luminance | 0.4141 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.89
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.60
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.27
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.81
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.89
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C5E #5EA8E6
analogous
#E65E64 #E69C5E #E6E05E
triadic
#E69C5E #5EE69C #9C5EE6
tetradic
#E69C5E #64E65E #5EA8E6 #E05EE6
square
#E69C5E #64E65E #5EA8E6 #E05EE6
split-complementary
#E69C5E #5EE6E0 #5E64E6
monochromatic
#AF5E1B #DE7B29 #E69C5E #EEBD93 #F6DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E69C5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.28
#E69C5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C5E
9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C5E | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.28 | 9.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A258
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 59.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b98d',
500: '#e69c5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c5e; $custom-light: #f2b98d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.353,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75331,
"c": 0.11829,
"h": 59.5
},
"luminance": 0.41408
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C5E
secondary
#B8D2E8
accent
#7BD510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D