#E99B5A#E99B5A
#E99B5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.124 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99B5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 155, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.53, 22.90, 45.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.53, 50.89, 63.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.44% 0.0636 0.1062) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.44% 0.124 59.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1743, 41.5086, 15.1983) |
| Luminance | 0.4150 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.63
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.83
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.81
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.11
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.83
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99B5A #5AA8E9
analogous
#E95A60 #E99B5A #E9E35A
triadic
#E99B5A #5AE99B #9B5AE9
tetradic
#E99B5A #60E95A #5AA8E9 #E35AE9
square
#E99B5A #60E95A #5AA8E9 #E35AE9
split-complementary
#E99B5A #5AE9E3 #5A60E9
monochromatic
#B15D18 #E27A24 #E99B5A #F0BC90 #F7DCC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E99B5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.30
#E99B5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99B5A
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99B5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99B5A | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.30 | 9.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A254
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B35B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99b5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 155, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.124 59.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b88a',
500: '#e99b5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99b5a; $custom-light: #f4b88a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99b5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 155,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.273,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75444,
"c": 0.12383,
"h": 59.1
},
"luminance": 0.41505
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99B5A
secondary
#B6D2E9
accent
#7CD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D