#E99C65#E99C65
#E99C65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 55.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99C65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 156, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 75%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 56.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.90, 23.17, 40.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.90, 46.45, 60.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.78% 0.066 0.096) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.78% 0.116 55.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8447, 42.0442, 17.9049) |
| Luminance | 0.4204 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.64
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.75
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.09
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.54
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.15
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99C65 #65B2E9
analogous
#E96570 #E99C65 #E9DE65
triadic
#E99C65 #65E99C #9C65E9
tetradic
#E99C65 #70E965 #65B2E9 #DE65E9
square
#E99C65 #70E965 #65B2E9 #DE65E9
split-complementary
#E99C65 #65E9DE #6570E9
monochromatic
#B95D1A #E17A2F #E99C65 #F1BE9B #F8E1D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E99C65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.41
#E99C65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99C65
9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99C65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99C65 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.41 | 9.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A360
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B465
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99c65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 156, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 55.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4b992',
500: '#e99c65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99c65; $custom-light: #f4b992; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99c65",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 156,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25,
"s": 75,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75776,
"c": 0.11644,
"h": 55.5
},
"luminance": 0.4204
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99C65
secondary
#BFD9EB
accent
#83D70E
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E