#E69E63#E69E63
#E69E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69E63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 158, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 57%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.00, 20.73, 41.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.00, 46.24, 63.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.77% 0.0586 0.0982) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.77% 0.114 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1150, 42.1814, 17.4624) |
| Luminance | 0.4218 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.90
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.45
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.63
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.03
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69E63 #63ABE6
analogous
#E6636A #E69E63 #E6E063
triadic
#E69E63 #63E69E #9E63E6
tetradic
#E69E63 #6AE663 #63ABE6 #E063E6
square
#E69E63 #6AE663 #63ABE6 #E063E6
split-complementary
#E69E63 #63E6E0 #636AE6
monochromatic
#B2601D #DE7D2E #E69E63 #EEBF98 #F7E0CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E69E63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E69E63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69E63
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69E63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69E63 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A45E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B464
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69e63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 158, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba90',
500: '#e69e63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69e63; $custom-light: #f2ba90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69e63",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 158,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.023,
"s": 72.376,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75765,
"c": 0.11437,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.42178
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69E63
secondary
#BCD5E9
accent
#7CD411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110D
muted
#85807D