#E69C62#E69C62
#E69C62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C62 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 57.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.51, 21.72, 41.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.51, 46.63, 62.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.39% 0.0614 0.098) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.39% 0.116 57.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7291, 41.4856, 17.0993) |
| Luminance | 0.4148 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.24
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.73
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.66
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.78
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.09
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C62 #62ACE6
analogous
#E6626A #E69C62 #E6DE62
triadic
#E69C62 #62E69C #9C62E6
tetradic
#E69C62 #6AE662 #62ACE6 #DE62E6
square
#E69C62 #6AE662 #62ACE6 #DE62E6
split-complementary
#E69C62 #62E6DE #626AE6
monochromatic
#B15E1C #DE7B2D #E69C62 #EEBD97 #F7DFCC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E69C62 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.30
#E69C62 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C62
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C62 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C62 | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.30 | 9.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A35D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B362
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c62; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 57.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b990',
500: '#e69c62',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c62; $custom-light: #f2b990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c62",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.364,
"s": 72.527,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75388,
"c": 0.11563,
"h": 57.9
},
"luminance": 0.41482
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C62
secondary
#BBD5E9
accent
#7FD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D