#E99C5C#E99C5C
#E99C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.122 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.79, 22.50, 44.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.79, 50.08, 63.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.65% 0.0627 0.1049) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.65% 0.122 59.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4276, 41.8774, 15.7084) |
| Luminance | 0.4187 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.48
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.09
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.78
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.24
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.63
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C5C #5CA9E9
analogous
#E95C62 #E99C5C #E9E25C
triadic
#E99C5C #5CE99C #9C5CE9
tetradic
#E99C5C #62E95C #5CA9E9 #E25CE9
square
#E99C5C #62E95C #5CA9E9 #E25CE9
split-complementary
#E99C5C #5CE9E2 #5C62E9
monochromatic
#B35E18 #E27B26 #E99C5C #F0BD92 #F8DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E99C5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#E99C5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C5C
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C5C | 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)
#B3A356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.122 59.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b98c',
500: '#e99c5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c5c; $custom-light: #f4b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.234,
"s": 76.216,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7565,
"c": 0.12224,
"h": 59.1
},
"luminance": 0.41873
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C5C
secondary
#B8D3E9
accent
#7CD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D