#E99B5B#E99B5B
#E99B5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99B5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 155, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.54, 22.97, 44.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.54, 50.48, 62.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.46% 0.064 0.1053) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.46% 0.123 58.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2171, 41.5258, 15.4240) |
| Luminance | 0.4152 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.67
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.82
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.91
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.04
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.85
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99B5B #5BA9E9
analogous
#E95B62 #E99B5B #E9E25B
triadic
#E99B5B #5BE99B #9B5BE9
tetradic
#E99B5B #62E95B #5BA9E9 #E25BE9
square
#E99B5B #62E95B #5BA9E9 #E25BE9
split-complementary
#E99B5B #5BE9E2 #5B62E9
monochromatic
#B25D18 #E27A25 #E99B5B #F0BC91 #F7DDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E99B5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.30
#E99B5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99B5B
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99B5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99B5B | 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)
#B2A255
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99b5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 155, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 58.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b88b',
500: '#e99b5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99b5b; $custom-light: #f4b88b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99b5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 155,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.042,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75457,
"c": 0.12318,
"h": 58.7
},
"luminance": 0.41522
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99B5B
secondary
#B7D2E9
accent
#7DD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D