#E99C5E#E99C5E
#E99C5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.81, 22.65, 43.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.81, 49.26, 62.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.68% 0.0634 0.103) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.68% 0.121 58.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5162, 41.9128, 16.1750) |
| Luminance | 0.4191 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.62
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.02
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.13
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.70
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C5E #5EABE9
analogous
#E95E66 #E99C5E #E9E25E
triadic
#E99C5E #5EE99C #9C5EE9
tetradic
#E99C5E #66E95E #5EABE9 #E25EE9
square
#E99C5E #66E95E #5EABE9 #E25EE9
split-complementary
#E99C5E #5EE9E2 #5E66E9
monochromatic
#B45E19 #E27B28 #E99C5E #F0BD94 #F8DECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E99C5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#E99C5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C5E
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C5E | 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)
#B3A358
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 58.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b98d',
500: '#e99c5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c5e; $custom-light: #f4b98d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.763,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75676,
"c": 0.12095,
"h": 58.4
},
"luminance": 0.41909
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C5E
secondary
#B9D4EA
accent
#7ED80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D