#E99E5C#E99E5C
#E99E5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99E5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 158, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 60.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.25, 21.44, 45.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.25, 50.11, 64.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.01% 0.0595 0.1061) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.01% 0.122 60.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7660, 42.5541, 15.8212) |
| Luminance | 0.4255 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.19
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.72
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.38
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.20
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.85
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99E5C #5CA7E9
analogous
#E95C60 #E99E5C #E9E45C
triadic
#E99E5C #5CE99E #9E5CE9
tetradic
#E99E5C #60E95C #5CA7E9 #E45CE9
square
#E99E5C #60E95C #5CA7E9 #E45CE9
split-complementary
#E99E5C #5CE9E4 #5C60E9
monochromatic
#B36018 #E27E26 #E99E5C #F0BE92 #F8DEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E99E5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#E99E5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99E5C
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99E5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99E5C | 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)
#B5A456
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99e5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 60.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8c',
500: '#e99e5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99e5c; $custom-light: #f4ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99e5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 158,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.085,
"s": 76.216,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7601,
"c": 0.12169,
"h": 60.7
},
"luminance": 0.4255
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99E5C
secondary
#B8D2E9
accent
#79D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D