#E69E5E#E69E5E
#E69E5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.93, 20.35, 43.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.93, 48.31, 65.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.7% 0.0568 0.1032) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.7% 0.118 61.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8833, 42.0887, 16.2422) |
| Luminance | 0.4209 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.67
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.19
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.93
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.49
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.39
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E5E #5EA6E6
analogous
#E65E62 #E69E5E #E6E25E
triadic
#E69E5E #5EE69E #9E5EE6
tetradic
#E69E5E #62E65E #5EA6E6 #E25EE6
square
#E69E5E #62E65E #5EA6E6 #E25EE6
split-complementary
#E69E5E #5EE6E2 #5E62E6
monochromatic
#AF601B #DE7E29 #E69E5E #EEBE93 #F6DEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E69E5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.42
#E69E5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E5E
9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E5E | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.42 | 9.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 61.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba8d',
500: '#e69e5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e5e; $custom-light: #f2ba8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.235,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75695,
"c": 0.11778,
"h": 61.2
},
"luminance": 0.42085
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E5E
secondary
#B8D1E8
accent
#79D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D