#E69F59#E69F59
#E69F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69F59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 159, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 61.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.11, 19.47, 46.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.11, 50.44, 67.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.81% 0.0535 0.1086) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.81% 0.121 63.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8374, 42.3444, 15.1557) |
| Luminance | 0.4234 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.08
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.94
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.52
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.72
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69F59 #59A0E6
analogous
#E6595A #E69F59 #E6E559
triadic
#E69F59 #59E69F #9F59E6
tetradic
#E69F59 #5AE659 #59A0E6 #E559E6
square
#E69F59 #5AE659 #59A0E6 #E559E6
split-complementary
#E69F59 #59E6E5 #595AE6
monochromatic
#AB621A #DE8024 #E69F59 #EEBE8E #F6DDC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E69F59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.47
#E69F59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69F59
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69F59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69F59 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.47 | 9.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A452
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69f59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 159, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 63.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bb8a',
500: '#e69f59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69f59; $custom-light: #f2bb8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69f59",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 159,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.787,
"s": 73.822,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75812,
"c": 0.12101,
"h": 63.8
},
"luminance": 0.42341
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69F59
secondary
#B4CEE7
accent
#73D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D