#E99E5B#E99E5B
#E99E5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99E5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 158, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.24, 21.37, 45.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.24, 50.52, 64.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76% 0.0592 0.1071) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76% 0.122 61.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7226, 42.5367, 15.5925) |
| Luminance | 0.4253 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.22
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.78
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.30
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.21
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.94
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99E5B #5BA6E9
analogous
#E95B5F #E99E5B #E9E55B
triadic
#E99E5B #5BE99E #9E5BE9
tetradic
#E99E5B #5FE95B #5BA6E9 #E55BE9
square
#E99E5B #5FE95B #5BA6E9 #E55BE9
split-complementary
#E99E5B #5BE9E5 #5B5FE9
monochromatic
#B26018 #E27E25 #E99E5B #F0BE91 #F7DEC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E99E5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#E99E5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99E5B
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99E5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99E5B | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99e5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 61.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8b',
500: '#e99e5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99e5b; $custom-light: #f4ba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99e5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 158,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.31,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75997,
"c": 0.12235,
"h": 61.1
},
"luminance": 0.42533
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99E5B
secondary
#B7D1E9
accent
#78D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D