#E99C5B#E99C5B
#E99C5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.77, 22.43, 45.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.77, 50.49, 63.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.64% 0.0624 0.1059) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.64% 0.123 59.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3842, 41.8600, 15.4797) |
| Luminance | 0.4186 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.45
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.67
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.32
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.61
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C5B #5BA8E9
analogous
#E95B61 #E99C5B #E9E35B
triadic
#E99C5B #5BE99C #9C5BE9
tetradic
#E99C5B #61E95B #5BA8E9 #E35BE9
square
#E99C5B #61E95B #5BA8E9 #E35BE9
split-complementary
#E99C5B #5BE9E3 #5B61E9
monochromatic
#B25E18 #E27B25 #E99C5B #F0BD91 #F7DDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E99C5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#E99C5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C5B
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C5B | 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)
#B3A355
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 59.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b98b',
500: '#e99c5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c5b; $custom-light: #f4b98b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.465,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75636,
"c": 0.12288,
"h": 59.5
},
"luminance": 0.41856
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C5B
secondary
#B7D2E9
accent
#7BD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D