#E69E5B#E69E5B
#E69E5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 60.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.90, 20.14, 45.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.90, 49.56, 66.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.66% 0.0557 0.1061) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.66% 0.12 62.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7513, 42.0359, 15.5470) |
| Luminance | 0.4203 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.79
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.74
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.53
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.30
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E5B #5BA3E6
analogous
#E65B5D #E69E5B #E6E45B
triadic
#E69E5B #5BE69E #9E5BE6
tetradic
#E69E5B #5DE65B #5BA3E6 #E45BE6
square
#E69E5B #5DE65B #5BA3E6 #E45BE6
split-complementary
#E69E5B #5BE6E4 #5B5DE6
monochromatic
#AC611A #DE7F26 #E69E5B #EEBD90 #F6DDC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E69E5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.41
#E69E5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E5B
9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E5B | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.41 | 9.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 62.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba8b',
500: '#e69e5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e5b; $custom-light: #f2ba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.921,
"s": 73.545,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75655,
"c": 0.11984,
"h": 62.3
},
"luminance": 0.42032
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E5B
secondary
#B5CFE7
accent
#76D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D