#E99E5A#E99E5A
#E99E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99E5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 158, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.23, 21.30, 46.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.23, 50.93, 65.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.98% 0.0588 0.108) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.98% 0.123 61.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6797, 42.5196, 15.3668) |
| Luminance | 0.4252 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.27
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.85
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.24
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.22
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.04
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99E5A #5AA5E9
analogous
#E95A5D #E99E5A #E9E55A
triadic
#E99E5A #5AE99E #9E5AE9
tetradic
#E99E5A #5DE95A #5AA5E9 #E55AE9
square
#E99E5A #5DE95A #5AA5E9 #E55AE9
split-complementary
#E99E5A #5AE9E5 #5A5DE9
monochromatic
#B16118 #E27E24 #E99E5A #F0BE90 #F7DDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E99E5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#E99E5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99E5A
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99E5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99E5A | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99e5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 61.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8a',
500: '#e99e5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99e5a; $custom-light: #f4ba8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99e5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 158,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.531,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75984,
"c": 0.12301,
"h": 61.4
},
"luminance": 0.42516
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99E5A
secondary
#B6D1E9
accent
#78D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D