#E99C5A#E99C5A
#E99C5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.76, 22.37, 45.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.76, 50.90, 63.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.62% 0.062 0.1068) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.62% 0.124 59.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3414, 41.8429, 15.2540) |
| Luminance | 0.4184 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.43
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.58
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.40
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.60
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C5A #5AA7E9
analogous
#E95A5F #E99C5A #E9E35A
triadic
#E99C5A #5AE99C #9C5AE9
tetradic
#E99C5A #5FE95A #5AA7E9 #E35AE9
square
#E99C5A #5FE95A #5AA7E9 #E35AE9
split-complementary
#E99C5A #5AE9E3 #5A5FE9
monochromatic
#B15E18 #E27C24 #E99C5A #F0BC90 #F7DDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E99C5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#E99C5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C5A
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C5A | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.37 | 9.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A354
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 59.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b98a',
500: '#e99c5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c5a; $custom-light: #f4b98a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.692,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75623,
"c": 0.12353,
"h": 59.9
},
"luminance": 0.41839
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C5A
secondary
#B6D1E9
accent
#7BD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D