#E69E56#E69E56
#E69E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.84, 19.80, 47.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.84, 51.65, 67.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.59% 0.054 0.1108) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.59% 0.123 64) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5428, 41.9525, 14.4487) |
| Luminance | 0.4195 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.27
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.85
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.58
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.76
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E56 #569EE6
analogous
#E65656 #E69E56 #E6E656
triadic
#E69E56 #56E69E #9E56E6
tetradic
#E69E56 #56E656 #569EE6 #E656E6
square
#E69E56 #56E656 #569EE6 #E656E6
split-complementary
#E69E56 #56E6E6 #5656E6
monochromatic
#A96119 #DE7F21 #E69E56 #EEBD8B #F6DBC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E69E56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#E69E56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E56
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E56 | 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)
#B5A34F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B457
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 64.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba88',
500: '#e69e56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e56; $custom-light: #f2ba88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e56",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 74.227,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75592,
"c": 0.12322,
"h": 64
},
"luminance": 0.41949
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E56
secondary
#B1CCE6
accent
#73D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C