#E69E40#E69E40

#E69E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.137 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E69E40
RGB	rgb(230, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 18.56, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 60.62, 72.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0473 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.137 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7887, 41.6509, 10.4774)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E69E40 #4088E6

analogous

#E64B40 #E69E40 #DBE640

triadic

#E69E40 #40E69E #9E40E6

tetradic

#E69E40 #40E64B #4088E6 #E640DB

square

#E69E40 #40E64B #4088E6 #E640DB

split-complementary

#E69E40 #40DBE6 #4B40E6

monochromatic

#985F14 #CE801B #E69E40 #EDB976 #F4D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E69E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#E69E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E69E40

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E69E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E69E40	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e69e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.137 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba7a',
    500: '#e69e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e69e40;
$custom-light: #f3ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e69e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.976,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75363,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E69E40

secondary

#9FBCE2

accent

#87F334

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E69E40

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

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