#E69C61#E69C61

#E69C61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E69C61
RGB	rgb(230, 156, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 21.64, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 47.03, 62.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0611 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.116 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6822, 41.4669, 16.8522)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E69C61 #61ABE6

analogous

#E66169 #E69C61 #E6DF61

triadic

#E69C61 #61E69C #9C61E6

tetradic

#E69C61 #69E661 #61ABE6 #DF61E6

square

#E69C61 #69E661 #61ABE6 #DF61E6

split-complementary

#E69C61 #61E6DF #6169E6

monochromatic

#B15E1C #DE7B2C #E69C61 #EEBD96 #F7DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E69C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#E69C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E69C61

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E69C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E69C61	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e69c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b98f',
    500: '#e69c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e69c61;
$custom-light: #f2b98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e69c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.617,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E69C61

secondary

#BAD4E9

accent

#7ED511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E69C61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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