#E99C5D#E99C5D
#E99C5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.1%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.80, 22.57, 44.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.80, 49.67, 62.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.66% 0.0631 0.104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.66% 0.122 58.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4716, 41.8950, 15.9402) |
| Luminance | 0.4189 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.54
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.09
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.90
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.18
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.66
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C5D #5DAAE9
analogous
#E95D64 #E99C5D #E9E25D
triadic
#E99C5D #5DE99C #9C5DE9
tetradic
#E99C5D #64E95D #5DAAE9 #E25DE9
square
#E99C5D #64E95D #5DAAE9 #E25DE9
split-complementary
#E99C5D #5DE9E2 #5D64E9
monochromatic
#B35E18 #E27B27 #E99C5D #F0BD93 #F8DEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E99C5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#E99C5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C5D
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C5D | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.38 | 9.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A357
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 58.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b98c',
500: '#e99c5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c5d; $custom-light: #f4b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27,
"s": 76.087,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75663,
"c": 0.1216,
"h": 58.8
},
"luminance": 0.41891
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C5D
secondary
#B8D3E9
accent
#7DD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D