#E69C6D#E69C6D
#E69C6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.108 H 52.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69C6D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 156, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 53%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 52.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.67, 22.61, 35.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.67, 42.25, 57.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.56% 0.0655 0.0864) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.56% 0.108 52.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2846, 41.7079, 20.0251) |
| Luminance | 0.4170 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.34
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.37
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.71
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.25
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.39
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69C6D #6DB7E6
analogous
#E66D7B #E69C6D #E6D96D
triadic
#E69C6D #6DE69C #9C6DE6
tetradic
#E69C6D #7BE66D #6DB7E6 #D96DE6
square
#E69C6D #7BE66D #6DB7E6 #D96DE6
split-complementary
#E69C6D #6DE6D9 #6D7BE6
monochromatic
#B95B20 #DD7939 #E69C6D #EFBFA1 #F8E3D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E69C6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.34
#E69C6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69C6D
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69C6D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69C6D | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.34 | 9.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A369
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B36D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69c6d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 156, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.108 52.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b997',
500: '#e69c6d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69c6d; $custom-light: #f1b997; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69c6d",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 156,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.306,
"s": 70.76,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75557,
"c": 0.10843,
"h": 52.8
},
"luminance": 0.41704
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69C6D
secondary
#C4DCEB
accent
#88D313
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E