#E69E61#E69E61

#E69E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E69E61
RGB	rgb(230, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 20.58, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 47.06, 64.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0579 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.116 60)
XYZ	xyz(47.0206, 42.1436, 16.9650)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E69E61 #61A9E6

analogous

#E66167 #E69E61 #E6E161

triadic

#E69E61 #61E69E #9E61E6

tetradic

#E69E61 #67E661 #61A9E6 #E161E6

square

#E69E61 #67E661 #61A9E6 #E161E6

split-complementary

#E69E61 #61E6E1 #6167E6

monochromatic

#B1601C #DE7E2C #E69E61 #EEBE96 #F7DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E69E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#E69E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E69E61

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E69E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E69E61	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e69e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ba8f',
    500: '#e69e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e69e61;
$custom-light: #f2ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e69e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.519,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.4214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E69E61

secondary

#BAD3E9

accent

#7BD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E69E61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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