#E69E57#E69E57
#E69E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.85, 19.87, 47.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.85, 51.24, 67.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.6% 0.0544 0.1098) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.6% 0.123 63.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5833, 41.9687, 14.6623) |
| Luminance | 0.4197 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.74
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.70
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.71
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E57 #579FE6
analogous
#E65758 #E69E57 #E6E557
triadic
#E69E57 #57E69E #9E57E6
tetradic
#E69E57 #58E657 #579FE6 #E557E6
square
#E69E57 #58E657 #579FE6 #E557E6
split-complementary
#E69E57 #57E6E5 #5758E6
monochromatic
#A96119 #DE7F22 #E69E57 #EEBD8C #F6DCC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E69E57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#E69E57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E57
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E57 | 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)
#B5A450
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B458
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 63.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba88',
500: '#e69e57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e57; $custom-light: #f2ba88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e57",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.79,
"s": 74.093,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75604,
"c": 0.12254,
"h": 63.7
},
"luminance": 0.41965
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E57
secondary
#B2CDE7
accent
#73D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C