#E99C4A#E99C4A
#E99C4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 78%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 68%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 68.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.59, 21.39, 53.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.59, 57.42, 68.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.44% 0.0568 0.1209) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.44% 0.134 64.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7321, 41.5992, 12.0455) |
| Luminance | 0.4159 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.06
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.48
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.72
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.00
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.84
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C4A #4A97E9
analogous
#E94C4A #E99C4A #E7E94A
triadic
#E99C4A #4AE99C #9C4AE9
tetradic
#E99C4A #4AE94C #4A97E9 #E94AE7
square
#E99C4A #4AE94C #4A97E9 #E94AE7
split-complementary
#E99C4A #4AE7E9 #4C4AE9
monochromatic
#A55F14 #DB7E1B #E99C4A #F0BA81 #F6D8B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E99C4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.32
#E99C4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C4A
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C4A | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.32 | 9.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A241
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 64.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5b980',
500: '#e99c4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c4a; $custom-light: #f5b980; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.943,
"s": 78.325,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75438,
"c": 0.13354,
"h": 64.8
},
"luminance": 0.41595
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C4A
secondary
#A9C6E6
accent
#6FDB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C