#E69E55#E69E55
#E69E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 63%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.83, 19.73, 48.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.83, 52.07, 67.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.58% 0.0537 0.1117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.58% 0.124 64.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5028, 41.9365, 14.2380) |
| Luminance | 0.4193 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.39
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.66
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.97
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.46
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.82
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E55 #559DE6
analogous
#E65655 #E69E55 #E5E655
triadic
#E69E55 #55E69E #9E55E6
tetradic
#E69E55 #55E656 #559DE6 #E655E5
square
#E69E55 #55E656 #559DE6 #E655E5
split-complementary
#E69E55 #55E5E6 #5655E6
monochromatic
#A86119 #DD8021 #E69E55 #EEBC8A #F6DBC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E69E55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#E69E55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E55
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E55 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.39 | 9.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A34E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B456
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 64.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba87',
500: '#e69e55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e55; $custom-light: #f2ba87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e55",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.207,
"s": 74.359,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7558,
"c": 0.12388,
"h": 64.3
},
"luminance": 0.41933
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E55
secondary
#B1CBE6
accent
#72D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C