#E99D5E#E99D5E
#E99D5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99D5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 157, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.04, 22.11, 44.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.04, 49.27, 63.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.86% 0.0618 0.1036) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.86% 0.121 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6847, 42.2498, 16.2311) |
| Luminance | 0.4225 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.37
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.35
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.78
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.39
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.45
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99D5E #5EAAE9
analogous
#E95E65 #E99D5E #E9E25E
triadic
#E99D5E #5EE99D #9D5EE9
tetradic
#E99D5E #65E95E #5EAAE9 #E25EE9
square
#E99D5E #65E95E #5EAAE9 #E25EE9
split-complementary
#E99D5E #5EE9E2 #5E65E9
monochromatic
#B45F19 #E27C28 #E99D5E #F0BE94 #F8DFCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E99D5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.45
#E99D5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99D5E
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99D5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99D5E | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.45 | 9.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99d5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 157, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8d',
500: '#e99d5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99d5e; $custom-light: #f4ba8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99d5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 157,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.194,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75856,
"c": 0.12064,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.42246
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99D5E
secondary
#B9D4EA
accent
#7CD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D