#E69E51#E69E51
#E69E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.78, 19.48, 50.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.78, 53.74, 68.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.53% 0.0524 0.1152) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.53% 0.127 65.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3483, 41.8747, 13.4246) |
| Luminance | 0.4187 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.80
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.04
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.48
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.14
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E51 #5199E6
analogous
#E65351 #E69E51 #E3E651
triadic
#E69E51 #51E69E #9E51E6
tetradic
#E69E51 #51E653 #5199E6 #E651E3
square
#E69E51 #51E653 #5199E6 #E651E3
split-complementary
#E69E51 #51E3E6 #5351E6
monochromatic
#A56118 #DA801F #E69E51 #EEBC87 #F5DABC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E69E51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#E69E51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E51
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E51 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.37 | 9.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A349
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B452
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 65.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba84',
500: '#e69e51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e51; $custom-light: #f2ba84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e51",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.007,
"s": 74.874,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75533,
"c": 0.12653,
"h": 65.6
},
"luminance": 0.41871
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E51
secondary
#ADC8E5
accent
#6FD70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C