#E99D5B#E99D5B
#E99D5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99D5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 157, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.01, 21.90, 45.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.01, 50.50, 64.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.82% 0.0608 0.1065) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.82% 0.123 60.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5527, 42.1970, 15.5359) |
| Luminance | 0.4219 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.29
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.43
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.47
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.39
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.62
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99D5B #5BA7E9
analogous
#E95B60 #E99D5B #E9E45B
triadic
#E99D5B #5BE99D #9D5BE9
tetradic
#E99D5B #60E95B #5BA7E9 #E45BE9
square
#E99D5B #60E95B #5BA7E9 #E45BE9
split-complementary
#E99D5B #5BE9E4 #5B60E9
monochromatic
#B25F18 #E27D25 #E99D5B #F0BD91 #F7DDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E99D5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E99D5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99D5B
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99D5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99D5B | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99d5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 157, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 60.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8b',
500: '#e99d5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99d5b; $custom-light: #f4ba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99d5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 157,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.887,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75817,
"c": 0.12261,
"h": 60.3
},
"luminance": 0.42193
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99D5B
secondary
#B7D2E9
accent
#7AD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D