#E99D4E#E99D4E
#E99D4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99D4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 157, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 66.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.87, 21.08, 51.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.87, 55.84, 67.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.66% 0.0565 0.1181) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.66% 0.131 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0397, 41.9918, 12.8341) |
| Luminance | 0.4199 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.62
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.28
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.81
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.84
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.01
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99D4E #4E9AE9
analogous
#E94F4E #E99D4E #E7E94E
triadic
#E99D4E #4EE99D #9D4EE9
tetradic
#E99D4E #4EE94F #4E9AE9 #E94EE7
square
#E99D4E #4EE94F #4E9AE9 #E94EE7
split-complementary
#E99D4E #4EE7E9 #4F4EE9
monochromatic
#A86015 #DE7F1C #E99D4E #F0BB84 #F7D9BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E99D4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.40
#E99D4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99D4E
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99D4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99D4E | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.40 | 9.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8C8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99d4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 157, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5ba82',
500: '#e99d4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99d4e; $custom-light: #f5ba82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99d4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 157,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.581,
"s": 77.889,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75661,
"c": 0.13092,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.41988
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99D4E
secondary
#ACC9E7
accent
#71DA0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C