#E69D5C#E69D5C
#E69D5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69D5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 157, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 60%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.67, 20.74, 44.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.67, 49.11, 65.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.49% 0.0577 0.1045) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.49% 0.119 61.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.6249, 41.7135, 15.7191) |
| Luminance | 0.4171 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.74
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.91
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.66
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.25
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69D5C #5CA5E6
analogous
#E65C60 #E69D5C #E6E25C
triadic
#E69D5C #5CE69D #9D5CE6
tetradic
#E69D5C #60E65C #5CA5E6 #E25CE6
square
#E69D5C #60E65C #5CA5E6 #E25CE6
split-complementary
#E69D5C #5CE6E2 #5C60E6
monochromatic
#AD601B #DE7D27 #E69D5C #EEBD91 #F6DDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E69D5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.34
#E69D5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69D5C
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69D5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69D5C | 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)
#B3A356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69d5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 157, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 61.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba8c',
500: '#e69d5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69d5c; $custom-light: #f2ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69d5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 157,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.261,
"s": 73.404,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75486,
"c": 0.11937,
"h": 61.1
},
"luminance": 0.4171
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69D5C
secondary
#B6D0E8
accent
#78D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D