#E99C53#E99C53
#E99C53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C53 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 64.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.68, 21.91, 49.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.68, 53.76, 65.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.54% 0.0597 0.1133) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.54% 0.128 62.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0573, 41.7292, 13.7581) |
| Luminance | 0.4173 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.85
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.75
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.22
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.75
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C53 #53A0E9
analogous
#E95355 #E99C53 #E9E753
triadic
#E99C53 #53E99C #9C53E9
tetradic
#E99C53 #55E953 #53A0E9 #E753E9
square
#E99C53 #55E953 #53A0E9 #E753E9
split-complementary
#E99C53 #53E9E7 #5355E9
monochromatic
#AC5F16 #E27D1D #E99C53 #F0BB89 #F7DAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E99C53 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.34
#E99C53 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C53
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C53 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C53 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.34 | 9.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A24C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B454
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c53; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 62.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5b986',
500: '#e99c53',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c53; $custom-light: #f5b986; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c53",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.2,
"s": 77.32,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75537,
"c": 0.128,
"h": 62.2
},
"luminance": 0.41725
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C53
secondary
#B0CDE8
accent
#75DA0C
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C